IoT BASED SMART AGRICULTURE
INDEX
Idea description
Snapshot of the web app
Use Cases
Working Methodology
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IDEA DESCRIPTION
Website with real time data graph
Use Cases
1] Improving Water Usage:
Water isn’t an abundant resource. They are scarce in many parts of the world and need to be used efficiently. Using
too much or too little can have adverse consequences on crop yields and soil health.
2] Monitoring the Climate:
The most popular smart agriculture gadgets are weather stations, combining various smart farming sensors.
The devices collect various data from the environment and send it to the cloud.
3] End to end farm management:
This offers remote farm monitoring capabilities and allows you to streamline most of the business operations.
4] Future-Proof solution:
A drastic, committed and collective action must occur to avoid climate catastrophe. Population growth may worsen
the effects of climate change. Inefficient outdated farming could be blamed for this .
Smart Irrigation has the potential to promise high quantity with acceptable quality at a lower price.
5] Maximize Profitability:
Professionals in the agriculture sector have to pay attention to market conditions to maintain a competitive
advantage. Some of them can use IoT sensors to increase harvests and beat other producers to the market.
Working Methodology
We have implemented an IoT enabled device which could revolutionize and shape our future with which we grow plants. For the hardware part of the prototype we have made use of sensors like DHT11 (temperature humidity sensor) , LM393 (Light sensor),soil moisture sensor,MQ2 gas sensor and a nodemcu consisting of ESP8266 wifi module. The data sent from the esp8266 is represented graphically on the website created through thinkspeak platform.
A motor is used to control a water pump used for pumping water into the ground when the soil moisture level falls below the threshold value.This motor can be controlled using a button on the web site. All the above data can be stored in a database.
The concept here is that the end user must be able to seamlessly make his product return more as well as term up with concepts and solutions that would decrease the wastage of resources ( such as watering the plants based on inner soil humidity and not the temperature ) such that it could possibly help us in creating a better future.
Work Plan / Concept Proposal
The concept laid out by us might not be new, but the approach and the precise technology we are offering at an affordable price definitely is.
The whole device made shall be an automated device, meaning there would be almost no input required from the end user from time to time. Once the parameters are set, the device shall automatically start monitoring efficiently and do the needful whenever required.
The sensors will be calibrated and set up in such a way that they give live results instantaneously during the user active period, then, smartly switch over to a power saving mode, wherein they are checked only at frequent intervals of time. This concept would be a huge boon in the longer run.
The whole module can easily be controlled with the dedicated mobile application wherein one can easily view the logs, progress report, efficiency, live status and optimize the sensors hassle free. All the variables and parameters can be fine tuned seamlessly and custom user profiles can be set up for a personalized experience.
Next Step / Future Proposal
The whole concept can be brought to a whole new level by integrating all the devices used in a mass scale platform to seamlessly sync over to a server where all the data stored can be logged, analysed and predicted. These valuable data can be synchronised with Machine Learning to study the most efficient method for a lesser Green house emission, lesser wastage of resources and a higher crop output.
Once such a concept has been bought out, the same application can be let out for the usage of the general public in their houses, where the plants grown in their Balcony / Yard can be set up with a similar apparatus which is fully automatic, since the control is efficiently managed by the AI on cloud.
The same can be integrated and connected to smart home gadgets such as Google home or Alexa Echo, which can giver personalised user friendly stats such as “The humidity in your backyard is XX. Water has been sprinkled in ensure the growth of the plant.” Such a modern approach is also what the current generation seeks. Simple. Safe. Automated. Efficient.
Outcome
A wise man once said “ All good things take time”.
This concept initially might seem unrealistic and unattainable. Especially as this is only a prototype.
But, dedicating time and efforts to improvise this concept again would help us in achieving something we would have never imagined about.
We will Re-Engineer it as much as required in order to provide the best for the society.
This prototype presented by us, for a better future is just the beginning.
Questions?
Every great concept has flaws in the beginning.
Please feel free to shoot us with questions that might have popped up during this presentation.
We are open for positive criticism and shall use them to improve our concept.
Thank you for your time!
Presented by:
Shree Vallabha
Niran N
Pranav S Hegde
Devanshu Roy