1st Edition

Precision Agriculture for Sustainability Use of Smart Sensors, Actuators, and Decision Support Systems

506 Pages 24 Color & 249 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

506 Pages 24 Color & 249 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

This new book delves into how modern technologies—i.e., global positioning systems (GPS), unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), image processing methods, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning—are being used to make agriculture more farmer-friendly and more economically profitable. The volume focuses on the use of smart sensors, actuators, and decision support systems to... Read more

PART I: AI IN AGRICULTURE

1. Review of Various Technologies Involved in Precision Farming Automation

Rajeev Karothia and Manju K. Chattopadhyay

2. State-of-the-Art Technologies for Crop Health Monitoring in Modern Precision Agriculture

E. Fantin Irudaya Raj, M. Appadurai, D. Thiyaharajan, and T. Lurthu Pushparaj

3. Comprehensive Study of Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Early-Stage Disease Identification System in Plants

Senthil Kumar Ramu, Leninpugalhanthi Ponnuswamy, Dhanyaa Nataraj, and Kaviyanjali Venkatachalam

4. Understanding the Relationship between Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and Meteorological Attribute Using Clustering Algorithm

Hemanta Medhi, Pramod Soni, Vikas Kumar Vidyarthi, and Shikha Chourasiya

5. Agricultural Productivity Improvement: Role of AI and Yield Prediction Using Machine Learning

Chhaya Narvekar and Madhuri Rao

PART II: ROBOTIC-BASED INNOVATIONS IN AGRICULTURE

6. Comprehensive Review of Agricultural Robotics: A Post-Covid Perspective of Advanced Robotics with Smart Farming

Nikunj S. Yagnik

7. Autonomous Aerial Robot Application for Crop Survey and Mapping

Ajay Sudhir Bale, Varsha S. N., Anish Sagar Naidu, Vinay N., and Subhashish Tiwari

8. Structural Design and Analysis of 6-DOF Cylindrical Robotic Manipulators for Automated Agriculture

Jordan Kurian Kuruvilla, Atirav Seth, Jyotishka Duttagupta, Shashwat Sharma, and Ankur Jaiswal

9. Robot-Based Weed Identification and Control System

Rashmi Bangale and Mohit Kumar

10. Design and Development of a Quadruped Robot for Precision Agriculture Applications

Sivayazi Kappagantula

11. Design and Fabrication of a Solar-Powered Bluetooth-Controlled Multi-Purpose Agro Machine

Nikhil S. Nandi, K. B. Mallikarjuna, Ashok Kumar R., Arunkumar K. H., Ajay Sudhir Bale, and Vinay N.

PART III: INTELLIGENT COMPUTING IN AGRICULTURE

12. Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods for Yield Forecasting

Akanksha Gahoi and Vishal Gupta

13. Supervised Machine Learning for Crop Health Monitoring System

Divya Dadarya, Aditya Sinha, Anupam Agrawal, Tarun Jain, Rishi Gupta, and Rajveer Singh Shekhawat

14. Analyzing the Effect of Climate Change on Crop Yield Over Time Using Machine Learning Techniques

Heta Patel, Harish Sharma, and Varuni Sharma

15. Deep Learning Techniques for Crop Nutrient Deficiency Detection: A Comprehensive Survey

K. U. Kala, M. Nandhini, M. N. Kishore Chakkravarthi, M. Thangadarshini, and S. Madhusudhana Verma

16. Plant Disease Detection Techniques: A Survey

Dishant Sharma, Nitika Kapoor, and Divyanshi Sood

PART IV: IoT IN AGRICULTURE

17. Internet of Things Enabled Precision Agriculture for Sustainable Rural Development

Sumanta Das, Arindam Ghosh, and Sarit Pal

18. Internet of Things: A Growing Trend in India’s Agriculture and Linking Farmers to Modern Technology

Prithviraj Singh Solanki and Ganpat Joshi

19. IoT-Based Condition Monitoring System for Plantation

Arif Iqbal, Surya Prakash Singh, and Yudhishthir Pandey

20. Smart Farming Based on IoT Edge Computing: Applying Machine Learning Models for Disease and Irrigation Water Requirement Prediction in Potato Crop Using Containerized Microservices

Nitin Rathore and Anand Rajavat

21. Smart Sensors for Soil Health Monitoring

K. Shirley Kiran

22. An IoT-Aided Smart Agritech System for Crop Yield Optimization

Ujjaval Patel, Rohit Patel, and Priyank Kadecha

23. FATEH: A Novel Framework for Internet of Things based Smart Agriculture Monitoring System

Prabhdeep Singh, Kiran Deep Singh, Rajbir Kaur, Diljot Singh, and Vikas Tripathi

Biography

Narendra Khatri, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Mechatronics at the Manipal Institute of Technology, India. He previously worked on a project for the Centre of Excellence for Digital Farming Solution for Enhancing Productivity Using Robots, Drones, and AGVs. He has published international journal articles and conference papers and is a peer reviewer for several journals.

Ajay Kumar Vyas, PhD,  is Associate Professor of Information and Communication Technology at the Adani Institute of Infrastructure Engineering, India. He has published books and research articles and is a certified peer reviewer and an editorial board member of several journals.

Celestine Iwendi, PhD,  is a visiting Professor with Coal City University, Nigeria, and Associate Professor with the School of Creative Technologies at the University of Bolton, UK. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Institute of Management Consultants. He is a board member of IEEE, Sweden section.

Prasenjit Chatterjee, PhD, a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean (Research and Consultancy) at MCKV Institute of Engineering, India. A prolific author and editor, he has published many well-cited research papers and more than 35 books. Dr. Chatterjee is Editorin- Chief of the Journal of Decision Analytics and Intelligent Computing and an editor for several book series.