While Techfest is generally associated with cutting-edge research, it is also a medium for showcasing home-grown technologies that have applications for every section.
While Techfest is generally associated with cutting-edge research, it is also a medium for showcasing home-grown technologies that have applications for every section of the society. One among them is Agrisens, a system related to precision agriculture.
This system involves mapping parameters that are crucial for the crop yield. Speaking about this innovative system, Suresh Sivaraman, a second year MTech student, said,
“Agrisens involves collecting information about number of parameters like temperature,
humidity, soil content and moisture levels.”
“It is mostly deployed for crops like grapes which are sensitive to the changes in parameters,” he added.
The system developed by IIT, Bombay involves battery-size wireless sensor units that are deployed near the crops. “The nature of sensors can vary as per the requirements,” Sivaraman said.
These sensors collect information and pass it to a base station. “The data at the base station is processed and a feedback about the changes in parameters is given to the farmers.”
The Signals Processing and Neural Network (SPANN) Lab at IIT, Bombay has developed the routing protocol for the data transfer. The communication between the sensors and the base station can be done using GPRS, WiFi or Ethernet.
“If the base station is close to the farm, we use Wi Fi. Otherwise, GPRS is the preferred medium,” Sivaraman said.
Sivaraman believes this project can work wonders for the farmers. “Precision agriculture helps in efficient usage of resources and crop disease forecasting,” he added.
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