This document discusses using cloud computing for agricultural management in India. It begins by defining cloud computing and describing how users can access cloud services without technical knowledge. It then outlines the types of cloud deployments including public, private and hybrid clouds. The document also discusses challenges currently facing Indian agriculture like lack of weather and market information as well as farmers' limited ICT knowledge. It proposes developing a cloud-based messaging system to help farmers access useful agricultural information and resources. Potential advantages include reduced costs and efficient knowledge sharing, while disadvantages include initial costs and need for farmer training. Overall, the document argues that cloud computing could help address information gaps and improve agricultural productivity in India.

1. Agricultural Management using
Cloud Computing in
India
Name: SMart
Seat No:
Class, roll No: T.E/26 (Comp Sci)

2. Cloud Computing
 Cloud computing is Internet based computing where virtual shared servers provide software, infrastructure,
platform, devices and other resources and hosting to customers on a pay-as-you-use basis.
 All information that a digitized system has to offer is provided as a service in the cloud computing model.
Users can access these services available on the "Internet cloud" without having any previous know-how on
managing the resources involved.
SERVERS Applications
Virtual
Desktop
Software
platform DATABASE

3. How’s
that work!
 Consider User side as
Front end
 While rest of setup as
Backend
Study purpose breakdown

4. Types of Cloud Deployments
Public Cloud
Hybrid Cloud
Private Cloud
The Public clouds are said to
be owned and operated by
the third-party cloud service
providers, who deliver their
computing resources such as
servers and storage on the
Internet. Microsoft Azure is
one such example of a public
cloud. On a public cloud, all
of the hardware, the
software and the other
supporting infrastructure is
managed and owned by the
cloud providers themselves.
One has to access these
services and manage one’s
account by using a web
browser.
The Hybrid clouds combine the public cloud and the private
clouds, bound together with the help of technology which
allows the data and the applications to be shared amongst
them. By allowing the data and applications to transfer
between the private and the public clouds, a hybrid cloud
provides the business with greater flexibility, better
deployment options and helps optimize the existing security,
infrastructure, and compliance.
The private cloud refers to the
cloud computing resources that
are used exclusively by only a
single business or organization.
The private cloud may be
physically located in the
company’s on-site datacenter.
Some of the organizations even
pay the third-party service
providers for hosting their
private cloud. The private cloud
is said to be the one where the
services and the infrastructure
are maintained over a private
network.

5. Cloud Service Models
End
Users
Application Developer
Infrastructure &
N/W architects
Each model satisfies a unique set of business requirements

7. Summarise till now
has provides
w.r.t task requirements
types

8. Advantages
 Cost efficient model for delivering information services
 Easy Data Recovery
 Too flexible
Disadvantages
 Risk of data
 Nothing without internet

10. Current Challenges in Indian Agriculture
Poor knowledge about the weather forecast, pests and diseases.
Deficient production information.
Not enough sales and distribution information.
Poor ICT infrastructure and ICT illiteracy.
Lack of awareness among farmers about the benefits of ICT in
agriculture.

11. Problem Statement !
“To develop a messaging system that makes use of Cloud Computing
technology and the devices that come in handy of all the end users.
This can be utilized in the field of agriculture so that efficient information
management, flexible knowledge and information sharing, local and global
communication and production planning can be achieved ”
This ultimately results in overall increase and improvement in the productivity in agriculture and thus the economy

12. Role of Cloud Computing in Solving these
Challenges
Using the applications of cloud the farmers have nothing to worry about
hardware and software investment and also the technical knowledge
required to learn them.
They can get most up-to-date farming and propagation techniques.
They can also leverage the systematic methods in information collection,
supply chain logistics, market forecasting and business decision-making.
Application Examples: Crop-related information , Soil Information ,
Monitoring Growth ,Farmer’s Data , Expert Consultation.

13. CLOUD BASED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM
Business
Analyst
Experts
Scientists
Survey
teams
Govt
Bodies
SaaS: Applications Browsers, GUI etc
-Data generated in daily activities
-Weather Prediction and related data
-Crop Related Data
-Market Related Information
-Production Data
-Agricultural Tools related data
Data from various SOURCES
IaaS: User Friendly Devices( Computers, Laptops, Smartphone etc.)
End-User (Farmers, Analysts, Ministry of Agriculture)

14. Advantages
 Farmers has less or no expenditure.
 On-Demand.
 Measured service.
 Efficient Agricultural Knowledge Management.
Disadvantages
 Farmers are unknown to cloud computing technology Thus their training is necessary.
 Initial cost is too high.
 Need on the constant strong network connectivity.
 It runs the risk of security.

15. Indian Agricultural Situation @ Global level
(motivation)
 India been an agricultural
country It’s rank 4th in globe
 Countries that adopted cloud computing in agriculture. Japan,
followed by China and the USA. Interestingly, parts of East Africa too
have managed to tap into to it and India takes the 19th position.
Surprisingly, Bhutan, which is a relatively new country in ICT, realized
the importance of ICT quickly and is adopting it in agriculture.

16. Current ICT in India
Sr.
No.
Organizations Projects undertaken
1 Central government sponsored Department of Agriculture and Co-operation’s National Agriculture
Technology Project AGMARKNET.
Community Information Centres
2 State government sponsored
Janmithra Gyandoot, e-Seva (Computer-Aided Online Registration
Department), Bhoomi (Land Record Computerisation), Raitha
Samparka Kendra Online, Marketing and CAD in Northern
Karnataka.
3 Corporate sector sponsored E-Choupal, ikissan Kendra, Tata Chemicals Chirag Kendra
4 Non-government organizations and other
private sector organizations
Information Village Research Project in Pondicherry,
Agriwatch.com, Drishti.com, Tarahaat..com by Development
Alternatives Mahitiz-samuha, VOICES by Madhyam
Communications

17. Conclusion
The Cloud computing is a game changing phase of IT that is not only
impacting the way computing services are and will be delivered but
also the way in which users will use IT.
A move to the Cloud, however, requires a well planned strategy as
there are many business and technical constraints that need to be
mitigated.

18. References(literature survey)
Year: 2017
Publisher: IEEE
D. K. Baghel, A. Singh and P. K. Deka, "Agricultural
management using cloud computing in India," 2017
International Conference on Computing,
Communication and Automation (ICCCA), 2017,
pp. 801-806, doi: 10.1109/CCAA.2017.8229905.
Year: 2020
Publisher: IEEE
S. Namani and B. Gonen, "Smart Agriculture Based
on IoT and Cloud Computing," 2020 3rd
International Conference on Information and
Computer Technologies (ICICT), 2020, pp. 553-556,
doi: 10.1109/ICICT50521.2020.00094.’