SIH brief - 35% of Indian crop losses come from undiagnosed disease. Build an Android app where the farmer photographs a leaf, AI returns the disease + Hindi remedy. Runs offline. 3.5 MB model.
Day 3 of SolveFromZero — pick a real hackathon brief, ship a working solution. Today's problem is a perennial Smart India Hackathon: 35% of Indian crop losses come from undiagnosed disease, and the village ag-extension officer can't visit every farm.
The fix: a phone app where the farmer photographs a sick leaf, AI returns the disease + a remedy in Hindi or Marathi. Runs fully offline on a ₹6,000 Android phone.
The hard constraints
₹6,000 Android phone, 2 GB RAM
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