Agriculture monitoring system AMS

This paper presents an idea of wireless monitoring of agriculture farm field. Agriculture is the most important sector in India which decides the economic growth. Quality of any type of crop depends on the weather conditions in which they are grown. If the crops are cultivated in their required climatic conditions, its yield will be maximum. Weather conditions such as temperature, moisture level in the soil and rainfall are the important parameters which decide the yield of the crop. Zigbee Development Kit manufactured by Texas Instrument is used in the proposed system for measurement of the weather parameters. This system will therefore will be able to determine whether the farming land is cultivable for the given type of crop or not. Also continuous monitoring of the farm field will be possible right from when the crop was planted and up to which it is harvested.

I. Introduction

Monitoring of the agricultural farm-field using wireless sensor network is the modern approach that can be used by the farmers. Wireless sensor network enables the farmer to check the various field conditions favorable for farming remotely. Sensor nodes are installed at the appropriate testing points in the farm-field which will wirelessly send the captured data to a single location where farmer can observe the acquired data. For implementation of the wireless sensor network, Zigbee Development Kit manufactured by Texas Instruments is used in this proposed system. This system will enable the farmer to track the environmental parameters of the farm which effects the quality of the crops, so that necessary steps can be taken to improve the cultivation of crops.