{"id":158,"date":"2020-08-06T07:30:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T07:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agnext.com\/?p=157"},"modified":"2020-08-06T07:30:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T07:30:28","slug":"transforming-tea-businesses-computer-vision-technology-to-determine-the-fine-leaf-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.agnext.com\/test\/transforming-tea-businesses-computer-vision-technology-to-determine-the-fine-leaf-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming Tea Businesses! Computer vision technology to determine the Fine Leaf Count"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Indian Tea industry is now more than 200 years old. With passage of time the requirements of the stakeholders in the value chain has evolved, but the technological advancements in the tea industry have not kept pace. However, the manner in which technology has developed during the last 5 years or so it has now the ability to provide solutions for numerous issues that the tea industry is besotted with.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Testing and tracing have the ability to point out authenticity and\ntiming of the plucking of the tea leaves. Now technology has facilitated this\ndistinction to the minutest detail. The biggest threat that the tea industry is\nfacing is on account of climate change which has an effect on the nature,\ncomposition &amp; quality of the tea buds and leaves. <\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Factors Determining Tea Quality:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The quality of the tea\nis determined by the chemical composition of the leaf, such as <strong>Polyphenol content, Caffeine content, etc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Maximum caffeine content is found in\nthe newly formed leaves and buds. The coarser leaves and stems have lower\ncaffeine content. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bud and first leaf are the richest\nsources of polyphenols and caffeine; the leaves lower down and the stems are\nproportionally poorer in these constituents.&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Flush shoots of two leaves and a bud\nobtained by fine plucking (<strong>&#8216;two leaves\nand a bud&#8217;<\/strong>) are the best material, because of the high contents of\npolyphenols and caffeine.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>For instance, a sample of shoots of\nAssam tea shows that the polyphenols make about 35% of dry matter in the bud\nand first leaf, 28% in the second leaf, and 15% in the stalk.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n<p>As in most of the tea\ngardens the tea leaves mature around the same time, the conventional process of\ntesting resorts to smaller sample sizes for faster batch processing. The\nsmaller sample size, especially during the peak season cannot discern the\nactual quality standards. Besides, the current methods of manual counting\nare time consuming and prone to error. Errors lead to poor quality purchases\nand an unfair price for farmers. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>AgNext with its technological intervention and to cater to the high influx of tea leaves in a factory, has built a Fine Leaf Count Technology (TragNext) in association with Tea Research Association of India, to calculate fine leaf percentage without manual effort. The facilitation in enhancement of sample size also enhances the quality aspects of a particular crop of produce. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Using AI and Image Recognition Software, TragNext facilitates in identifying leaves from various classes coming from garden harvest as leaves, buds, Banjhi, shoots and the rest. Leaves are first dried and separated using a patent technology and then photographed with a high FPS camera. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>In the post-processed inverted binarised image, each component is identified and extracted separately, and then the images are processed for FLC &nbsp;per industry standards. A set of final stats show how many leaf and bud configurations are in every shoot, allowing for a percentage of FLC to be displayed on the device and mobile. All this gets done in just 2 minutes, gives access to more sampling for better evaluation and removes subjectivity digitising the entire procurement and payment process from there on.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Determining Fine Leaf Count (FLC) is the need of the hour for the tea industry to increase its production quality &amp; ultimately revenue. With the digitisation of these processes, farmers will be getting fair price for their produce, buyers can be assured of optimal procuring decisions and consumers will enjoy the benefits of quality and traceability.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>For more details, please write to contact@agnext.in or call +91 9700720005<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Tea industry is now more than 200 years old. With passage of time the requirements of the stakeholders in the value chain has evolved, but the technological advancements in the tea industry have not kept pace. 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