Internet of Things Now a Growing Trend in India’s Agriculture
15 Dec 2018 6:00 AM GMT
There are several creators coming up with farmer friendly techniques based on IoT in agriculture for a booming economy in India.
- Imagine the use of smart sensors, telecommunication and power of Information Technology (IT) for real time monitoring of crop health, checking of soil vitals, developing smart irrigation facilities and many more.
- Opencube Labs (OCL) based out of Bengaluru are currently working towards creating open source, farmer friendly IoT based agricultural products.
- A hand held device to check crop health, smart sensors to get real time soil health, smart irrigation system and smart livestock management system are all built completely on open hardware platforms like Arduino and Raspberry Pi along with ESP.
- The central console controls water pumps, checks water level in the tanks and gets information from the moisture, humidity and soil sensor that provides condition of the soil and triggers action based on pre-set parameters.
- IoT, according to the creators and system integrators in the ecosystem, is another opportunity to modernize Indian agriculture and achieve a new phase of exponential growth through IoT applications.
Next Story
