Manya Afonso

Manya Afonso is a Researcher at Biometris within Wageningen University & Research, specializing in computer vision and deep learning applications for agricultural systems. Her work bridges agricultural sciences and computational technologies to solve practical problems in crop production and quality assessment.

Her research focuses on:

• Advanced image analysis for plant phenotyping and trait estimation
• Deep learning-driven solutions for greenhouse horticulture and floriculture
• Robotic systems for pruning and disease control in crops
• Seed quality assessment through computer vision

Analysis of her recent publications (2024-2025) reveals a strong trend toward practical agricultural robotics, with emphasis on real-world implementation of sensor systems and AI algorithms. Her work consistently targets grower needs through image segmentation, transfer learning, and object recognition techniques applied to greenhouse production and field crops.

Dr. Afonso maintains active collaborations across Wageningen Plant Research business units, contributing to interdisciplinary projects that integrate artificial intelligence into agri-food value chains through conference presentations and technical reports.