CocoRemedy

SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructureSDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Original Title: CocoRemedy
  • Year: 2021
  • Award: WSA Young Innovators
  • Category: Young Innovators
  • Producer: Samitha Vidhanaarachchi, Divyani Rajapaksha, Gnanod Akalanka, Tinali Gunasekara
  • Organisation: Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) Team
  • Country: Sri Lanka
  • URL: https://samitha-vidhanaarachchi.github.io/Research-Website/

CocoRemedy is the first mobile and web-based application that provide surveillance and identification of coconut diseases and pest infestations for the people of Sri Lanka. Through cutting-edge technologies such as deep learning, image processing, crowdsourcing, CocoRemedy provides the solution for this prevailing problem. The research was conducted with the collaboration of the Coconut Research Institute of Sri Lanka (CRISL).