Open AccessUsing IOT to Improve Indian Agriculture
Author(s) -
Ajay Kumar,
Anmol Swaroop
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of computer science and mobile computing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-088X
DOI - 10.47760/ijcsmc.2021.v10i11.006
Subject(s) - agriculture , internet of things , productivity , precision agriculture , business , computer science , agricultural economics , environmental economics , computer security , economic growth , economics , geography , archaeology
The use of Internet of Things (IoT) may provide the boost which is required to improve the productivity of Indian agriculture system which is well below the world average and may help in improving the income and conditions of Indian farmer. The present paper presents the efforts done by the researchers in this direction to promote the use of Information technology in general and IoT in particular in Indian agriculture sector. The areas in which IoT helps are, robotics, decision support systems, smart irrigation, precision farming, use of social media for the benefit of Indian farmers. The use of agent based systems in Indian Agriculture scenario has also been discussed in this paper.