Idea/Solution/Prototype:
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1. The idea is to implement a mobile client app which will be able to identify the crops, its diseases, crop-related pests, weeds and provide with a possible solution to the identifed problem with the crop.
2. An attachable camera with mechanism to attach itself to the farmer has to be provided. A farmer goes through his crops at least once in a day. The Camera captures the images and processes it in real time for any deviation from the healthy specimen from its species.
3. If any unhealthy deviation is found, the mobile app gets notified and presents a possible solution. An organic solution is tried before providing the conventional solution so as to keep the crops chemical-free as far as possible.
4. Since, the process carries on automatically, assuming that a farmer goes through his/her crops for crop related activities, it will be an automatic crop-disease finding mechanism which will try to identify and provide solutions to the problem at its nascent stage itself.

Technology Stack:
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Front End:
React-Native Framework for Develeoping a cross-platform mobile app.

Back End:
A Rails API Application which will have the image processing algorithm.

Use Cases:
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1. Crop-diseases are identified at its intial stage.
2. The app will be in layman's terms so anyone can use it for their benefits.
3. That is, the app can also be used by urban people who are passionate about farming but donot have sufficient knowledge about the crops and the process of maintaining it healthily.
4. In such a case, our app will come in handy letting the users know what they have to in an easy-to-understand manner.

Dependencies:
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1. A large database of various crops in its healthy and unhealthy stages needs to be seeded with which image processing will be done.
2. Additionally, the app can be used to promote farming in urban areas such as terrace farming, with inputs from professional farmers who will be rewarded with suitable incentives for their service. It will be a win-win situation.
3. A separate camera will be preferred for its high resoultion, but if, for some logistical problems, it is not viable, then the back camera of the smart phone could be utilized for the same.