At present we are updating our work. So I need your suggestions. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335800982_IoT_based_Smart_System_to_Support_Agricultural_Parameters_A_Case_Study
@ Abhijit, you may use : Soil and Water Sensors, Satellite Imaging etc. But, you can also check the general quality of soil with a simple hand test. Take a handful of soil and squeeze it. If it stays together, but crumbles when you poke it, the soil is loamy, which is good.
By remote technique, sattelite imagery and sensors you can get an idea of condition of soil surface only for better idea of soil profile i would say traditional method of soil analysis is reqried.
Green manure/cover crops are being used by well over 20 million smallholder farmers around the world (see my paper on case studies here in researchgate). There are over 100 species of such plants (including trees) being used sustainably somewhere in the world today. Probably the most widely used are jackbeans, lablab beans, pigeon peas and mucuna in the tropical lowlands, and fava beans and runner beans in highland areas of the tropics.
We can use satellite imageries to predict the soil mosiutre and soil properties, however you shoud have a Conventional soil testing analysis results for validation. With respect to suggestion of crops, it is better to go for crop suitability analsyis for the particular land using several factors such as climatic, soil, length of grwoing period etc, which will be more useful
Hi Abhijit, I feel that sensor based detection of the moisture levels would work better. It is not just the soil moisture but detecting the moisture available with in the plant system too are the recent trends that is going on. Research is on how the plant responds to the water stress at its varied levels. The nano technologies being used to study and sense the sounds, electro-chemical signals that it generates at various phases of water stress and health conditions. Please explore the link: www. fastcompany.com/innovation-by-design/2016/category/experimental .It needs more research but gives some idea on block-chain technologies that could be used to have continuous monitoring system.
Thanks @Sridhar Kolluru, @Surendran U, Roland Bunch and J. C. Tarafdar for your best suggestions. I will study on this respect your valuable suggestions. Hopefully, it will help me a lot. Keep in touch.
Dear Abhijit,
The Platform which is known as the Internet of things (IoT) is a growing technology that can connect and control IoT sensors, appliances, home, and industries. IoT based farming technology, farmers can receive real-time data, as well as past data of plant (the data will be stored in the cloud service) and they, can also receive the real-time image of the plant. The rise of digital agriculture and its related technologies has opened a wealth of new data opportunities. Remote sensors, satellites, and UAVs can gather information 24 hours per day over an entire field. These can monitor agriculture production, save water, reduce the wastage, monitor live data, plant health, soil condition, temperature, humidity, etc. The amount of data these sensors can generate is overwhelming, and the significance of the numbers is hidden in the avalanche of that data.
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Admit that along with all the techniques of hardware measurement , it is necessary to apply the traditional method of laboratory analysis of the soil sample in order to make sure of everything .
Read about prospects for nanotechnology in agriculture. Although there are some controversies regarding the use of smart nanomaterials, there are cases where the use of nanomaterials and certain crops promise to improve the physicochemical characteristics of plants in environments with infertile soils and under conditions of abiotic stress.
Check our approach of achieving smart Agriculture in this preprint title: Application of control systems and digital techniques in Agricultural operations: An approach of Achieving Smart Agriculture.
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