About CropShield AI

CropShield AI is an AI-powered mobile application designed to help farmers detect crop diseases, receive intelligent recommendations, monitor weather conditions, and identify nearby disease outbreaks before they spread.

Our vision is simple: Prevent crop loss before it happens.

Instead of reacting after a disease spreads, CropShield AI helps farmers take preventive action through AI-powered analysis, weather intelligence, and community disease monitoring.

Context

The Problem

Millions of farmers lose crops every year because diseases are detected too late. Some of the biggest challenges farmers face are:

  • Diseases are identified only after significant crop damage.
  • Farmers often do not know the correct treatment.
  • Weather conditions change rapidly and affect crop health.
  • Nearby disease outbreaks remain unknown until they spread.
  • Most existing agricultural applications are too complex for everyday farmers.

These issues lead to reduced crop yield, financial losses, excessive pesticide usage, and poor farming decisions.

Approach

Our Solution

CropShield AI combines Artificial Intelligence, Weather Intelligence, and Community Disease Monitoring into one simple mobile application.

Instead of presenting complicated dashboards, the application provides clear and actionable information that any farmer can understand.

The goal is not only to detect diseases but also to predict and prevent them.

AI Crop Scanner

Farmers can capture or upload an image of their crop. The AI analyzes the crop and provides:

  • Crop Health Status
  • Disease Detection & Name
  • Severity
  • Treatment Suggestions & Farming Recommendations

Personal AI Farming Assistant

An AI Assistant helps farmers understand their crop conditions in simple language. It can answer:

  • What disease has been detected?
  • Should I spray today?
  • What precautions should I take?
  • When should I scan again?

Weather Intelligence

The application uses live weather information to provide recommendations. Features include:

  • Current Temperature & Humidity
  • Rain Forecast & Alerts
  • AI-powered Weather Advice (e.g. "Rain expected tomorrow. Avoid spraying pesticides today.")

CropShield Live Risk Map

A crucial innovation that promotes Preventive Farming. Instead of waiting, monitor disease activity nearby:

  • Nearby Disease Reports & Community Reports
  • High/Medium Risk Areas & Safe Zones
  • Proactive notifications for nearby outbreaks

My Farm & Reports

Manage Farm Information, Crop Details, and Farm Location. The app stores previous scan reports to monitor crop health over time, including Disease History, Previous Scans, and Recommendations.

Application Workflow

Farmer Opens App ↓
Take Crop Photo ↓
AI Detects Disease ↓
Weather Analysis ↓
Live Risk Map ↓
AI Recommendation ↓
Save Report
Value

Why CropShield AI?

Unlike traditional crop diagnosis applications, CropShield AI focuses on prediction, prevention, and simplicity.

Our application combines multiple technologies into one platform: AI Disease Detection, Personal AI Assistant, Weather Intelligence, Live Risk Map, and Community Disease Monitoring.

This enables farmers to make smarter decisions before problems become serious.

Engineering

Technology Stack

Frontend & Backend

Next.js React TypeScript Tailwind CSS Next.js API Routes

Database & Maps

PostgreSQL Prisma ORM Leaflet OpenStreetMap

Libraries, APIs & AI

AI-ready CV Architecture Open-Meteo API Browser Geolocation API Lucide Icons Framer Motion React Hook Form Zod date-fns
Deployment

Installation & Testing

To run the application locally, use the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/Divyanshattrey01/CropShieldAI.git
cd CropShieldAI
npm install
npm run dev

APK Download

Download the Android package to test the prototype directly on your device.

Download APK
Disclaimer

Hackathon Prototype

This application has been developed as a hackathon demonstration prototype exclusively for AAROH 2026.

The current version demonstrates the product vision, user experience, and core workflow. Some AI responses, disease detection results, and map data are prototype implementations created for demonstration purposes.

A production version would include professionally trained AI models, secure cloud infrastructure, verified datasets, and expert agronomist validation.

Team TechnoTroob

Vansh Ghondwal / Divyansh Attrey / Ansh Mogha

Our Vision

We believe Artificial Intelligence should not replace farmers. It should empower them.
CropShield AI aims to make advanced agricultural intelligence simple, affordable, and accessible for every farmer.

Future Scope

  • Satellite Monitoring
  • Drone-based Analysis
  • IoT Sensor Integration
  • Offline AI Detection
  • Govt Ag. Dashboard
  • Insurance Support
  • Multi-language Support
  • Voice-based AI Assistant
  • Pest Prediction
  • Fertilizer Recommendation
  • Market Price Intelligence