The document discusses the application of cloud computing in agriculture, highlighting its role in addressing challenges like poor knowledge of weather, pests, and insufficient ICT infrastructure among farmers. It outlines cloud computing's advantages, including reduced costs, improved efficiency, and easier access to agricultural information and techniques. The conclusion emphasizes the transformative potential of cloud computing for agricultural practices, but also notes the need for careful planning to navigate technical and business challenges.

1. Application of Cloud
Computing for Agriculture
presented by:
Swathi.R
Manasa.V
CIT,Gubbi

2. Introduction
 Though the farmers have grown the same crop for centuries, the
ever changing weather conditions, soil fertility, pests and diseases
etc. Affects the final outcome.
 Information Technologies and tools.
 Information Communication Technology(ICT)
 That latest and most promising area of ICT is Cloud Computing.

3. Cloud Computing
 The term “cloud computing” refers to the fact that users do not
really need to know who is providing those services and the cloud
hid all the technicalities from them.
 less manpower and zero maintenance.
 Cloud computing, it has three different deployment models namely
private, public and hybrid.
 Cloud computing offers the following basic models to deliver the
services.
◦ Software as a Service (SaaS)
◦ Platform as a Service (PaaS)
◦ Infrastructure as a Service(IaaS)

4. Cloud Computing Framework

5. 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.
 Insufficient power availability in rural areas.

6. 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.

7. The structure of the cloud computing
based agricultural system

8. Advantages :
 Less or no expenditure.
 On-Demand
 Measured service
 Efficient Agricultural Knowledge Management

9. Current ICT in India
Sl.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

10. 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.

11. References
[1] Cloud computing and emerging IT platforms: Vision, hype, and
reality for delivering computing as the 5th utility R Buyya et al. /
Future Generation Computer Systems 25 (2009) 599_616.
[2] Cloud Security Alliance. Security best practices for cloud
computing, 2010b http://www.cloudsecurityalliance.org
[Accessed: July 2013].