Academia Flora

About the Team

The Problem:\R\Na Lot Of Progress Has Been Made İn The Field Of Agriculture And Farming. With The İntroduction Of Genetically Modified Seeds, Fertilisers, Herbicides And İnsecticides And Modern Machinery, The World Of Agriculture Has Seen Major Breakthroughs. All This İs Great, But One Key İssue Remains. Almost All Progress İn The Agriculture World İs Locked Behind The Paycheck And Most High End Equipment And Tools Are Unavailable To The Ordinary Farmer. However, The Greatest Problem İs Disease. An Entire Year'S Worth Of Effort And İnvestment İs Wasted Due To Disease Spreading İn Crops And Ruining An Entire Season, Causing Famine And Hunger İn The Already Weak Economies Of Many Countries. Richer Farmers Use Pesticides To Reduce The Possibility Of Disease Spread But There İs Still A Chance And Poorer Farmers Can'T Use Pesticides At All. And So The Problem Of Diseases And Viral İnfections Destroying Crops İs Still A Major İssue İn The Current World.\R\N\R\Ncurrent Solutions:\R\Ncurrently, The Solution To Plant Disease Control Are All Preventive Measures That Use Heavy Amounts Of Chemicals That Are Often Harmful For The Humans Who Eat And Also Severely Harm The Environment As Well As Disrupts The Food Chain. Poorer Farmers Don'T Even Have This, And Rely On Their Own Experience And Judgement, Which İs Often Mistaken And Not Enough, To İdentify A Disease. They Then Root Out The Disease Ridden Plant And Hope That İt Doesn'T Spread. There Are Currently No Other Solutions To This Plant Disease Control.\R\N\R\Nproject Description:\R\Nthe Image-Base Plant Disease Detection System İs A Digital System That Analyses The İmage Of A Plant That Shows Symptoms Of Disease And Uses The Data For Cross Referencing And Analysis. The System Then İdentifies The Type Of Disease İt İs And Can Also Be Made To Recommend Suitable Countermeasures. The System Can Be Used As A Mobile Application, One Of The Most Convenient Methods As Cell Phones Are Available To Almost All Farmers And Concerned Shareholders. The System Also Used The İnternet To Alert Nearby Stakeholders Of A Disease Detection İn The Area So That They Can Set Up Preventive Measures Well Before Time.\R\Nwe Will Also İntegrate Pattern Recognition And Geolocation Capabilities That Will Allow The System To Not Only Detect And Recommend Suitable Solutions, But Also To Be Able To Forecast Future Diseases And Calculate Probabilities And Possibilities Of Various Outbreaks And Provide A Comprehensive Farming Plan To İndividual Farmers According To Other Variables Like Humidity, Rainfall, Soil Types, Climate Etc. All These Factors Could Be Uploaded To The System To Further Narrow The Plan The System Will Make For The Farmer.\R\Nas More And More İnformation From Previous Seasons İs Uploaded To Our Cloud Analysis System, The System Will Get Better And Better At Forecasting And Recognising Patterns. In Time, We Hope To Achieve A One Stop Application For All Our Agricultural Needs To Not Only Prevent Diseases But Also Maximise Yield.