ILOILO CITY An innovation that will aid farmers in detecting plant pests and diseases will soon be available through an application developed by professors and students of the Iloilo State College of Fisheries (ISCOF) in Barotac Nuevo town, Iloilo province.
ILOILO CITY An innovation that will aid farmers in detecting plant pests and diseases will soon be available through an application developed by professors and students of the Iloilo State College of Fisheries (ISCOF) in Barotac Nuevo town, Iloilo province.
Professor Mary Sol Baldevarona, dean of the ISCOF College of Information and Communication Technology (CICT) and one of the two authors of the mobile application dubbed Plant Diagnostic Tool, said the innovation was conceptualized when ISCOF joined the Unionbank Hackathon in 2018, a startup challenge where they developed the app in 24 hours.
The theme of the competition was on addressing agriculture issues.
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