Smart farming uses technologies like IoT, robotics, drones and AI to increase agricultural productivity and quality. It involves monitoring farm conditions like soil moisture, temperature and humidity with sensors. This allows farmers to precisely control their farms remotely 24/7. Smart farming solutions are implemented using sensors, specialized software, connectivity networks, GPS, robotics and data analytics to optimize activities like irrigation, pest management and precision agriculture. IOT is also being applied in agriculture for applications such as crop water management, pest control and precision farming.

1. TECHNOLOGIES FOR AGRICULTURE
AND FOOD PROCESSING

2. SMART FARMING

3. What is Smart Farming?
◦ Smart Farming is an emerging concept
that refers to managing farms using
modern Information and Communication
Technologies.
◦ Technologies like IoT, robotics, drones and
AI are used to increase the quantity and
quality of products.

4. Why Smart Farming?
◦ Smart farming solutions work through
sensors.
◦ Easy to monitor various conditions like soil
moisture, water level, light, humidity
◦ It works by combining sensors, motion
detectors, camera, and wearable devices.
◦ In Smart Farming system you have 100%
insight and control of your farm 24/7.

5. How Smart Farming made?
• Sensors: soil, water, light, humidity,
temperature management
• Software: specialized software solutions
that target specific farm types or
Applications agnostic IOT Platform.
• Connectivity: Cellular, LoRa, etc.
• Location: GPS, Satellite, etc.
• Robotics: Autonomous tractors,
processing facilities, etc.
• Data analytics: standalone analytics
solutions, data pipelines for downstream
solutions, etc.

6. IOT in Agriculture
◦ IOT has many applications in agriculture,
smart Cities, smart home, healthcare,
business sectors, Traffic monitoring, etc.
◦ This is a growing mega trend that will
influence everything from businesses to
our daily personal lives.
◦ Here we are mainly focusing on agriculture
as it plays a vital role in development of our
country’s economy.

7. IOT APPLICATION IN AGRICULTURE
Crop water management
Pest management and control works
Precision agriculture
Food production and safety etc.

8. Crop Water Management
◦ Usually the farmer pumps the water more
or less to cultivate the land.
◦ This may result in wastage of water or
insufficiency to the crops.
◦ Sends an alerting message to the farmer
when the moisture level increases or
decreases.
◦ A soil moisture sensor can be used to
detect the moisture level

9. Pest Management And Control Works
◦ Often farmers hardwork are destroyed by
predators(pests) that results in huge loss to
farmers.
◦ To prevent such situation pest
management has a system that detects the
motion of predators using PIR sensors.
◦ This information can be used to reduce
damage done by predators.

10. Traditional farming Smart farming
Same set of practices for cultivation of a crop
throughout the region
Each farm is analysed to see the suitable crops
and water requirements for optimization
Manual maintenance of all the field and finance
data separately leading to errors
Field and finance data available in same place
showing the profits, yields and patterns with
simple reports.
Application of fertilizers and pesticides
throughout the field
Early detection and application at the affected
region only, saving costs
Geo-tagging and zone detection not possible Satellite imagery detects the different zones in
farms
No way to predict weather Weather analysis and prediction

11. Vertical Farming
◦ Vertical farming is the practice of growing
crops in vertically stacked layers.
◦ Crops are grown indoors, under artificial
conditions of light and temperature.
◦ It aims at higher productivity in smaller
spaces.

12. Advantages
◦ Consistent crop production
◦ Uses Space Optimally.
◦ Reduces Usage of Water
◦ Less Labour Costs
◦ Energy Efficient
◦ Large produce
◦ Reduce use of pesticides and chemicals

15. Facts
◦ India is the biggest producer of milk.
◦ Sikkim is the first state in the world that claimed 100% organic farming.
◦ Bananas are the 4th largest crop after wheat, rice, and corn. India is the biggest producer of
bananas than any other country.
◦ Nothing can be injected into the fruits and vegetables post-harvest.
◦ Today, India ranks second in the world in farm output 64% of cultivated land dependent on
monsoons.