Animal Detection in Farms Using OpenCV

Animal intrusion in farms causes huge losses in agricultural revenue which a farmer cannot bear. Computer Vision are being increasingly applied in agricultural field for higher productivity by automating tasks. Agriculture is the most important sector of Indian Economy but the issue of damage to crops by wild animals has turned into an important social issue in current occasions. 

So far, many of the farmers reply on guards to guard their crops which increases the overhead costs. But, due to current climate conditions, crop failure rate has increased dramatically. Debt in agricultural sector has increased tremendously. In these situations, a farmer cannot expect further destruction of crops and neither can afford increase costs in farming.

Keywords: Computer Vision, OpenCV, Deep Learning, Animals, MobileNet, MS COCO.