Agro-Amigo: Agro Based Web Marketing and Automated Irrigation

Abstract

Agriculture is the backbone of our country. One of the biggest problems faced by a farmer is marketing the products and irrigation facility. The farmers are unaware of recent trends emerging in agricultural field. This paper tells about a system which consists of a website in which agricultural marketing can be done without the interference of mediator, so that profit can be directly gained by a producer. It also gives information about all the current trends in agricultural field. It allows renting agricultural tools.Irrigation by help of freshwater resources in agricultural areas has a crucial importance. Because of highly increasing demand for freshwater, optimal usage of water resources has been provided with greater extent by automation technology.This paper also describes about automated irrigation using soil moisture sensors which not only prevents the moisture stress of trees and salification, but also provides an efficient use of fresh water resource. In addition, the developed irrigation method removes the need for workmanship for irrigation.