Water Conservation and Smart Agriculture in India
Raghav Bansal · International Journal for Modern Trends in Science and Technology · 2020
In India about 70% of population depends upon farming and one third of the nation’s capital comes from agriculture. Water is one of the most important components used in agriculture. Water is one of the most fundamental resources required in agriculture. Flooding the field is one of the most common practices of soil irrigation used in India, even though options like sprinklers, drip irrigation, and others are available. These issues concerning agriculture have been always hindering the development of the country. The only solution to this problem is smart agriculture, in essence, by modernizing the current traditional methods of agriculture, it is possible to help develop the nation and society as a whole. Hence, the project aims at making the practice of agriculture smart by using automation and IoT technologies.