Smart Agriculture Harnessing Machine Learning for Crop Management

Chapter 1: Reviewing Detection of Plant Disease by Making Use of Machine-Learning Mechanism

Ruchika and Dhiraj Khurana

Chapter 2: Future Prospects and Challenges of Digital Transformation in Agriculture and Dairy Industries

Anand Kumar Mishra, Suman Kumar Swarnkar, Sivasubramanian Balasubramanian

Chapter 3: Innovative IoT-Driven Solutions for Real-Time Crop Health Surveillance and Precision Agriculture

Priya Chugh, Suman Kumar Swarnkar, and Purushottam Kumar 

Chapter 4: Optimizing Resource Allocation in Precision Agriculture through the Application of K-Means Clustering

Deepak Rao Khadatkar

Chapter 5: Upholding Ethical Standards in Modern Agriculture: An Examination of Privacy-Preserving Machine-Learning Techniques

Priyata Mishra

Chapter 6: Exploring the Effectiveness of Decision Trees for Comprehensive Detection of Crop Diseases in Agricultural Environments

Ashwini Shinde, Manjusha N. Chavan, Vaibhavi Avachat, Dr. Deepali M Bongulwar, Rutuja Nitin Sonawane

Chapter 7: Integrating Deep Learning and Image Recognition in Smart Farming

Rohit R. Dixit

Chapter 8: Exploring the Effectiveness of Decision Trees for Comprehensive Detection of Crop Diseases in Agricultural Environments

Ajay Kumar Yadav and Suman Kumar Swarnkar

Chapter 9: Enhancing Crop Yield Prediction Accuracy through the Application of Gradient Descent Optimization Algorithms

Aakansha Soy and Yogesh Kumar Rathore

Chapter 10: Machine-Learning Models for Early Detection of Pest Infestation in Crops: A Comparative Study

 Suman Kumar Swarnkar, Yogesh Kumar Rathore, Virendra Kumar Swarnkar

Biography

Amol Dattatray Dhaygude is a renowned professional in the field of machine learning, artificial intelligence, data science and computer science. He is an alumnus of University of Washington, Seattle, USA with a master of science degree in data science and specialization in machine learning. Amol has 16 years of software industry experience in top-tier organizations including IBM, Cognizant, and Microsoft Corporation. He has been employed at Microsoft Corporation for the last ten years in the role of Senior Data and Applied at Redmond, Washington. He is inspired to make use of cutting-edge technological advancements in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence to solve real-world practical problems, making a difference in the world. He has strong techno business acumen to formulate and solve business problems with applications of data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence. He is well-versed in deep learning, natural language processing, and computer vision fields of artificial intelligence.

Suman Kumar Swarnkar is a highly accomplished professional with a Ph.D. and M.Tech qualifications. With over a decade of experience in educational institutions, Dr. Swarnkar has been serving as an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science & Engineering Department at Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Professional Management and Technology, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India. His expertise includes mentoring over ten MTech Scholars and securing more than ten granted patents in India, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Dr. Swarnkar has also made significant contributions to academia with over ten research papers published in international journals indexed in Scopus. Additionally, he has actively participated in 7+ IEEE international conferences and holds memberships in various professional organizations such as IEEE, Computer Society, IAENG, ASR, ICSES, and the Internet Society. Dr. Swarnkar's dedication to professional development is evident through his successful completion of numerous Faculty Development Programs (FDPs), training programs, webinars, and workshops, along with a comprehensive two-week online Patent Information Course. His proficiency extends to managing teaching, research, and administrative responsibilities with great expertise and diligence.

Priya Chugh obtained her Ph.D. from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Pujab, India. She has more than three years experience in teaching and research. Her doctoral research emphasis on effect of crop species toward climate change. She has published more than eight research papers, seven book chapters and two review papers. She has a passion for writing interdisciplinary research that opens up new creative and informative ideas. She has also participated in various national and international interdisciplinary conferences. Presently, she is working as Assistant Professor at the School of Agriculture, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

Yogesh Kumar Rathore received an M. Tech degree in computer science engineering from Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai, India in the year 2010, and a Ph.D. in information technology from the National Institute of Technology, Raipur. He has 16 years’ experience of working, as a Asstistant Professor (Department of Computer Science Engineering) at Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Professional Management and Technology, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has published more than 40 research papers in various conferences and journals indexed in Scopus and the Science Citation Index. He has also contributed many book chapters in books published by international publishers and also published two patents on the topics of “RIFT based automatic parking system for vehicle” and “AI-based technique for plant disease identification”. He has good hands-on C, MATLAB, IoT and Python programming language, which are the soul of much research in today’s era. His interests include pattern recognition, image processing, video processing, deep learning, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.