Crop Monitoring System with Water Moisture Level using Arduino

Many factors-including sunlight, water, soil, and pest control-need to be considered when cultivating crops. The farmer has other responsibilities besides keeping an eye on the seedlings. In this way, the productivity of farming is enhanced by a machine that tends to all the plants with minimal human intervention. The amount of water a plant receives should be proportional to the amount of sunlight it gets. This research work employs the idea of IoT to connect the monitored plant to the network and transmit data. The microcontroller is an Arduino UNO, and components include a photoresistor for light detection and a moisture sensor for measuring the amount of moisture in the soil. The information is transmitted over a network, and the result is viewed using a mobile application. The data that has been collected is displayed in the app. It warns the user when the plant is in danger of drying out due to a lack of water or sunlight. If the crop is dry, a motordriven water pump is used to saturate the soil, and if it’s too wet, a motor-operated shutter opens to let the water out. This project intends to make farming as mechanized and labor-free as possible.