🌱 SoilGuard: AI Soil Quality Checker

📌 Overview

The SoilGuard: AI Soil Quality Checker is a Machine Learning-powered web application that predicts soil type from an uploaded image and provides:

✅ Best crops to grow
✅ Fertilizer recommendations
✅ Soil health analysis
✅ Watering tips
✅ Latest government schemes for farmers
✅ Agricultural news & weather updates

This project is designed to help farmers and agriculture enthusiasts make better decisions about soil and crop management.

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🚀 Features

• 📷 Upload soil images to detect soil type.
• 🎯 ML-based prediction with confidence level.
• 🌾 Smart crop recommendations.
• 💧 Watering and fertilizer tips.
• 📰 Live agricultural news updates.
• 🌦 Weather forecast integration.
• 🏛 Government schemes information.

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript
• Backend: Python, Flask
• Machine Learning: TensorFlow / Keras, Scikit-learn
• Other Libraries: NumPy, Pandas, OpenCV, Matplotlib
• Database (if any): MySQL
• API Integrations:
  • OpenWeather API (for weather updates)
  • News API (for agricultural news)

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📂 Project Structure

Soil-Detector-Project/ │-- static/ # CSS, JS, Images │-- templates/ # HTML files │-- app.py # Flask backend │-- model/ # Trained ML models │-- dataset/ # Soil dataset (100MB) │-- requirements.txt # Python dependencies │-- README.md # Project documentation

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⚙️ Installation & Usage

🔹 1. Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/vaishnavibhutada/Soil-Detector-Project.git
cd Soil-Detector-Project

🔹 2. Create Virtual Environment & Install Dependencies

python -m venv venv
# Activate the virtual environment
# For Windows:
venv\Scripts\activate
# For Linux/Mac:
source venv/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

🔹 3. Run Application

python app.py

Now open your browser and visit 👉 http://127.0.0.1:5000/

📸 Screenshots

Here are some visuals of the Soil Detector Project in action:

🏠 Home Page

📊 Soil Prediction Result

🌱 Crop Recommendation

🏛️📰🌦️ Government Schemes, News & Weather Dashboard

🏛 Government Schemes Informations

📰 Live agricultural news updates

🌦 Weather forecast

👩‍💻 Vaishnavi Bhutada

• 🔗 LinkedIn
• 🐙 GitHub

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