Internet of things and Connected Agriculture services

Author: Sateesh Kumar Allu Roll No. 14131F0002

Agenda

• What is Agriculture and Farming• Connected world and agriculture• 21st century global challenges in - food production• Agriculture Market in India• Connected solution overview• Solution architecture• Implementation challenges

Great hardware and information companies with technology and operations that could really help growers. But surprisingly none of them actually worked together.

And when these systems don’t work together, no one benefits. Not the hardware companies, not the growers, and not the people that try to help growers get the most out of their crops

The Global Food and Agriculture System

The 21st Century Challenges:• Feed a growing, more prosperous world – and

hopefully better than we have in the past• Increase food output 50% by 2025• More than double by 2050

• Contribute to national energy security in many countries

• Preserve/enhance the environment• Maintain the rural cultural heritage

With these constraints:• While using the same or fewer resources• And, do this against t he backdrop of global climate change!

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Indian agriculture Industry

India is known as the ‘Land of Agriculture’ which has many traditions and even a large variety of cultures. Approximately 70% of the Indian population are connected with agriculture and its related activities. India ranks first in the production of sugarcane and second in the production of rice in the world. Apart from these, many other cereals, tea, coffee etc. add to the agricultural output from India. Spices are also well known worldwide from the incredible India.

Modern Indian Agriculture

Modern India implements new techniques in agriculture to increase the quantity and quality of the yield. Many agricultural products are exported on large basis worldwide which add to the economy of India. New modern farm machinery and financial schemes are provided by the government to encourage agriculture in the rural areas of the nation.

The environmental challenge

• Protect the natural resource base• Prevent degradation of the land• Improve air quality• Develop more efficient water use, improve quality

• Improve wildlife habitat

• Avoid biodiversity loss

• Cultural protection aspect (viewscapes, farm structure, practices)

• Post-Industrial Challenge: increase productivity - reduce intrusion

Growing resource constraints

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Growing resource constraints

• Farm demographics (aging) and migration to cities importantly influence agricultural labor availability

• High-tech machines, complex production processes and strict production regulations require skilled labor

• Tighter restraint on immigration encourages mechanization, innovation – affects capital requirements

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STRENGTHS• Rich Bio-diversity• Arable land• Climate• Strong and well dispersed research and extension systemOPPORTUNITIES• Bridgeable yield crops• Exports• Agro-based Industry• Improve productivity by cross market collaboration

WEAKNESS• Fragmentation of land• Low Technology Inputs• Unsustainable Water Management• Poor Infrastructure• No central market• Water scarcityTHREATS• Unsustainable Resource Use• Unsustainable Regional Development

Agricultural market in India

Enabling factors• Agricultural schools• Agricultural research

organizations• NGO’s • Private research organizations• Government body dealing with

agricultural research and development

• Weather forecasting labs• Soil testing labs• Food quality labs

Enabling factors: • Irrigation system• Automations system• Fertilizers spraying• Farm Tilting• Crop planting• Harvesting• Weather forecasting• Crop protection

Enabling factors: • Access to financial

services• Pre-production planning• Financial planning• Factors of safety• Environmental

considerations• Scope of using

technology

Enabling factors• Buyers of good• Retail market e.g. BigBazar• Fertilizers dealers• Local buyers• Inter and intrastate buyers of

good• Factories demanding good

nearby e.g. sugarcane, cotton, soyabeen

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Farmer

Connected Agriculture

Agricultural value chain

Decision making

Farmer

Irrigation

Seeds

tilting

pesticides

climate

retailers

market surveyfinance

Monitoring

decision making

water mangement

disposal

maintenance

forecasting

Labour management

Proposed solution

Overview:

Push info to farmer than pull by farmer.Connect farmer to complete agricultural supply chain.Provide farmer latest technology and expert advice.Provide technology end to end implementation support.Standardized programs for major crops e.g. sugarcane programAdvanced connected pay per use services.Monitoring to make decisions.Build and provide custom solutions to farmer. In house

implementation of connected technology in other services products . E.g purchase device and create custom protocols for standard services.)

Functional architecture

Suppliers\service providers

Mid Tier Decision making/Reporting System

Farmer

Control Center

Knowledge center

advanced Data

Processing

Help center

Farm land/Local system

Onboard Control and

data collection

e.g. Connected tractors

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ERP system

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Implementation in charge

e.g. connected tractors

e.g. Wireless irrigation system

fig.Proposed system architecture

e.g. Solar powered wireless irrigation

Solar powered

e.g. Retail services

Customer support

Farmer calls toll-free

Conclusion

• Better decision making system for farmer• Better production planning• Increased productivity• Increased profits• Increased food production• Water conservation• Data collection can be used by government policy makers

Thank You..!!!

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