climate based crop advisor for sugarcane and pomegranate
Dipak V Bhosale,Vishal H Ingale,Indrajit A Padaval,Jotiram J Jadhav,Baban M Mane
Published in International Journal of Advanced Research in Biology and BioTechnology
ISSN: xxxx-xxx Impact Factor:xx Volume:1 Issue:1 Year: 22 March,2015 Pages:46-52
Abstract
Adoption of crop scheduling techniques in India for sugarcane and pomegranate production has been disappointing. The challenge is to use state of the art technology to provide practical and useful advice to farmers and further to convince farmers of the benefits of crop scheduling by on-farm demonstration. The purpose of this project is to describe: 1. To expose the system to the practical aspects of farming in order to refine it if necessary. 2. To evaluate the accuracy of the system to predict crop growth and health. 3. A high technology system to provide practical, real time cropping advice on climate situations. The system consists of a web-based simulation model that estimates the recent, current and future crop status and yield from field information and real time weather data. The system automatically generates and distributes simple advice by SMS to farmers’ cellular phones. The system is evaluated on a small-scale sugarcane and pomegranate scheme at Pandharpur, Maharashtra. Yields are not affected significantly and profitability is enhanced considerably.
Kewords
Agriculture, Sugarcane, Pomegranate, Weather forecasting System, Crop Advisory
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