Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks for Cost Effective Irrigation Control System with dynamic regulation of water delivery structures

Abstract

newline Annadatha , is the devotional entitlement for the farming society in India. Majority of the population in India depend up on the agriculture who feed the entire human society across the globe. Lot of research and development projects are carried out by the central and state government agencies for the upliftment of the farming society. Due to unpredictability of nature s phenomena, water for irrigation has always been a biggest challenge in Indian agriculture. There has been always a big gap in analyzing the actual need of water to supply of it. This causes a big dent in the existing irrigation system resulting in to poor crop yields and low productivity. In order to bridge the gap between the demand v/s supply of water for irrigation, the science and technology in India has been contributing various innovations and research. newlineMajorly contributing technology is the Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks (WSANs) also referred as wireless sensor networks (WSNs), Internet of Things (IoT), and Machine Learning. The proposed system primarily focuses on bridging the gap between demand v/s supply of water for irrigation. Its aim is to automate the Irrigation Control System to help the resource poor farmers in increasing the crop productivity by timely monitoring the crop fields spread across larger geographical area. In order to achieve the goals, several issues in WSNs like field reconstruction, sensor density, network life time, network clustering, data aggregation, are addressed and resolved using standard methods, approaches and mechanisms. newlineInternet of Things and machine learning contributes to convert the legacy irrigation system to Automated Irrigation Control System (AICS) incorporating prediction algorithms for moisture and humidity parameters. Web APIs provide better monitor and control of the AICS. Thus the said technologies contribute in building up a better Irrigation system with cost effectiveness and dynamic regulation of water delivery structures.