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00:09Sugarcane farmers die of drought and disease
00:13when they are infected with what I call red rot disease.
00:17So, to help our sugarcane farmers,
00:20Grade 11 students built a prototype rover
00:23for early detection
00:25using artificial intelligence.
00:27Come on, let's change the game!
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00:38Almost 400,000 hectares are planted by sugarcane
00:43or tubo in the country.
00:45That industry
00:47is worth Php 38.2 billion
00:49from 2018 to 2020.
00:52But what if the crops will remain healthy?
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00:58Red rot disease is one of those diseases.
01:01It's a type of fungus that causes drought
01:04and the death of sugarcane crops.
01:07To prevent the spread of diseases in the crops,
01:11Grade 11 students built a prototype
01:14called RAIN, SOFIA, ONE, and REV
01:17of Quezon City Science High School.
01:19That's RAJO,
01:21an AI-powered rover
01:23for early detection of red rot disease.
01:26So, we decided agriculture
01:29since it's one of the three highest-earning sectors of our economy.
01:33We also found out that sugarcane actually produces
01:37a lot for our economy.
01:39The group used a remote-controlled RC car chassis
01:43as a base.
01:45They installed a camera to see the surroundings
01:48and programmed artificial intelligence
01:51to recognize red rot in sugarcane.
01:55They also installed solar panels
01:57to maximize the sunlight in the crops.
02:08We're now ready to install the RAJO.
02:11As you can see, it has a camera up here.
02:14It detects red rot in sugarcane.
02:18The remote control will control the RAJO.
02:23If it detects something,
02:25it will automatically send a message to the farmers
02:29to notify them that something is affected.
02:32The group also conducted field research
02:35in a sugarcane farm in Florida, Pampanga.
02:38It took us 1,600 individual images.
02:42We have results of having near 90% accuracy.
02:48Their project was worth the effort.
02:51They became finalists in the NCR National Science and Technology Fair last November.
02:56This is how extensive the children's research studies are.
03:01And because of that, it paid off their sacrifices that they made.
03:04There you have it, Kapuso.
03:06An innovation from our senior high school students
03:09that has a lot of potential to help the sugarcane farmers of the country.
03:14For GMA Integrated News, I'm Martin Aviar.
03:17Changing the game!
03:21.
