EfficientNetB0-Based Lightweight AI System

Abstract

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is critical for Libyan food security and smallholder income, but production is severely affected by fungal, bacterial, and viral diseases. Conventional diagnosis relies on subjective, time-consuming expert inspection, often unavailable in resource limited rural areas. This paper presents a lightweight Artificial Intelligence (AI) system for real time lettuce disease diagnosis, tailored to the Libyan agricultural context.