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 # 2022-81
                                                              
+## Main objective:
+
+The main objective of this research project is to help farmers with their paddy 
+fields and make life easier for them. The farmers will be receiving proper guidance 
+and techniques so that producing a steady abundant yield of crops to match the great 
+demand of consumers. Farmers will have the opportunity of exchanging information 
+among one-another so as to regulate knowledge. 
+
+## Main Research questions
+
+There were four major concerns we were able to recognise after conversing with the
+proper authorities and farmers alike. In no particular order of importance, they are
+diseases and pests harming the rice crops, unwanted weeds that are growing in paddy fields,
+mismanagement of fertilisers by farmers and finally growth issues when it comes to different rice
+life cycles.
+
+## Individual research question
+
+**IT19101620** - The first major issue when it comes to paddy is the prevalence of diseases that 
+are native to rice. With new diseases and sicknesses being found each passing day, 
+it becomes difficult for the common farmer to identify and treat them. What is closely 
+related to diseases are pests and other unwanted insects that are also attracted to the crops. 
+These pests might be the reason that diseases are created from the plant in the first place, 
+as well as the reason why diseases are distributed. Pests, even while not spreading disease, 
+might make the crops unsanitary for human consumption.
+
+**IT19117256** - The second issue is the growth of unwanted weeds that are prevalent in paddy fields. 
+While weeds do not directly harm rice crops, weeds absorb nutrients from the paddy fields 
+that should have gone for the development of healthy rice plants. The identification of weeds 
+however is not difficult for the common farmer, but the true challenge lies in the recognition 
+of proper weedicide to combat the identified weed. This is due to vast amount of weed types and 
+the equally wide variety of weedicides being difficult to recollect for the common famer.
+
+**IT19129372** - The next issue is the recognition of suitable fertilizers that are needed for the crops 
+to grow healthy and abundant. Farmers due to lack proper guidance tent to use incorrect fertilizers, 
+fertilizers that have considerable side effects or even the correct fertilizers in wrong amounts thus 
+making it harmful. This has become a major problem in Sri Lanka today due there being reports of various 
+health concerns for the consumer such as increasing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and Diabetes. 
+The environment is also damaged as a repercussion, examples being contaminated waterways and the 
+destruction of algae.
+
+**IT19240152** - Finally, there have been concerns about the fact that, farmers are lacking in knowledge when 
+it comes to the lifecycle of rice crops and whether the rice plant is in the proper phase of the 
+lifecycle at the given time. This can cause mistreatment or no treatment altogether thus resulting 
+poor harvest and there by profit.
+
+## Individual Objectives
+
+**IT19101620** - Introduction of a mobile application to identify diseases and pests in paddy cultivation.  
+The main objective of identifying potential diseases and pests in paddy plants is to create 
+an Android based mobile application that can analyze leaf changes using the image processing 
+method and detect possible diseases in paddy cultivation.  This Android based mobile application 
+is used to detect leaf diseases with the help of automated algorithms and those pests can detect 
+automated algorithms.  This uses the database to identify the most vulnerable sheets and present 
+the most accurate result.  In addition, the application provides treatment for diseases and pests.
+
+**IT19117256** - The main objective of this component is to identify weeds that are commonly spread in rice fields. 
+This is done using a mobile based application and images that are inputted to it. First part is to 
+highlight the areas of the paddy field that are rich in weed through the use of aerial imagery fed to 
+the application. Then image processing technology is used to compare and contrast the weed rich areas 
+and show to the app user. Then the user has the ability to take an image of the weeds up close to identify 
+their types also with the help of image processing. Finally the application will use machine learning and 
+deep learning to show the best solution to combat the particular weed type.
+
+**IT19129372** - Introduce a mobile application to Identify the fertilization information. Then give guidance to the 
+farmer on how to use it properly according to fertilizer type.
+The main objective of the application is to give proper guidance to the farmer on how to use 
+fertilizers. In order to do that user will have the ability to take a picture of rice fields and fertilizers. 
+This will help to identify the best utilization methods with detailed instructions including amount and dosage 
+of fertilization that could be used to aid their growth using the machine learning. Then the farmer can easily 
+conduct the fertilization according to the instructions given by the application.
+
+**IT19240152** - The main objective of identifying the growth of paddy plants is to create an Android-based mobile application 
+that analyzes the changes in the paddy tree using image processing technology and tracks the height of the paddy tree. 
+The Mobile-based application is used to identify the height of a paddy tree with the help of an automated algorithm. 
+The algorithm uses the database to identify the most vulnerable and predict the most accurate outcome. In addition, 
+the application provides treatment to a paddy grower to increase the growth of paddy cultivation.
+