Smart Digital Agriculture Solutions in designed using Smart IoT Sensors along with AI algorithms applied on our in house developed Control Server, add on cards, Control panel which will allow operation like automatic irrigation, soil moisture monitoring, temperature monitoring, switching pump motor ON/OFF, Valve control and so on.
IoT enabled Sensor along side with our in house AI algorithms works seamlessly with Control Server, add on cards and Control panel to give a total control on produce, the system is capable of predictive and prognostic analysis, The system is capable to process large amount to data accumulated with different data points to get real time view of the produce and growth.
Soil moisture sensors (or “volumetric water content sensors”) measure the water content in soil, and can be used to estimate the amount of stored water in a profile, or how much irrigation is required to reach a desired amount of saturation. These sensors can be portable and used for instant measurements or installed for long-term monitoring.
Sensors are a modern agricultural technology, developed to help farmers obtain faster and better results, assisting in the determination of various soil characteristics. They can be used to measure in real-time thus controlling the variable rate application. It can also be used on-the-go, generating soil maps in conjunction with a GPS.
There are a few sensors used for soil mapping, which vary in the area of measurement technique for the measuring of soil characteristics. These include: Electromagnetic, Electrochemical, Mechanical, Optical, Airflow, etc,.
Soil fertility is an important factor to measure the quality of the soil as it indicates the extent to which it can support plant life. The fertility of soil is measured by the amount of macro and micronutrients, water, pH etc. Soil nutrients are depleted after every harvest and hence must be replenished. To maintain nutrient levels in the soil in case of deficiency, fertilizers are added to soil. Most of the farmers choose to approximate the amount of fertilizers and add them manually. However, addition of fertilizers in right amount is a matter of great importance as excess or insufficient addition can harm the plant life and reduce the yield. Use of modern trends and technology promises to provide a solution to the above problem. Though automated techniques for seeding, weeding, harvesting the crops etc. have been proposed and implemented, none of the techniques target at maintaining soil fertility. The proposed research aims at restoring the levels of Nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium in the soil by the measuring the amount of nutrients present. The presence of nutrients is determined by chemical processes and quantified using sensors. An automated system has been developed for the controlled addition of fertilizers in order to avoid excess/ deficient fertilizers in the soil.