Smart Farming, Smarter Solutions Revolutionizing Agriculture with Artificial Intelligence

Preface

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture

Subrata Mandal, Akshay Kinge, Shrijita Bid, Saikat Karmakar and Manpreet Singh

Big Data in Agriculture: Acquisition, Processing and Implications

Aditya Pratap Singh, Tanushree Biswal, Umakanta Maharana, Abdullah Mohammad Ghazi Al Khatib and Pradeep Mishra

IoT Sensors and Their Applications in Precision Agriculture

Saikat Karmakar, Pooja Roy, Subrata Mandal and Susanta Das

Drones in Agriculture: Aerial Intelligence for Precision Farming 

Debasish Roy, Suman Dutta, Debashis Paul, Anshuman Das, Nilutpal Saikia and Sumanta Das

Robotics on the Farm: Automating Tasks for Increased Productivity

Mude Arjun Naik, Achugatla Kesav Kumar, Sajja Poojith, Rachamalla Naveen, V. Shoban Naik, Sunil Kumar Rathod, A. Subba Rami Reddy and Y. Pavan Kumar Reddy

Modern Technologies for Soil Health Monitoring and Management

Dewali Roy, Pooja Tamuk, Aditya Pratap Singh and Saptarshi Mondal

Crop Disease Detection and Prevention Using Artificial Intelligence

Karishma Kumari, Dattatray G. Bhalekar, Srinivas Chappa, Pradeep Kumar, Ruchita Bhattarai and Prasad Nagineni

Weed Management Strategies Employing Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Samriddha Das, Arjun Upadhyay and Xin Sun

Smart Irrigation Techniques and Water Conservation for Climate-Resilient Food Systems

Olipa Nyazambe Lungu, Never Mujere, Joyce Lepetu and Elly Siakasasa

Supply Chain Optimization in Agribusiness with Artificial Intelligence

Subrata Gorain, Suman Dutta and Sougata Roy

Sustainable Farming Practices Enhanced by Artificial Intelligence

Abdul Basit, Mishal Kainat, Kashif Ali Khan, Aqsa Benish, Umar Farooq, Faiz Ul Hassan, Muhammad Amjad Bashir, Abdur Rehim, Sikandar Ibrahim Khan, Mir Sujaul Islam and Ijaz Ahmad

Enhancing Food Safety and Quality Assurance through Artificial Intelligence

Subrata Mandal, Patil Rajvardhan Kiran, Silpa Mandal and Pramod Aradwad

Index

Biography

Dr. Manojit Chowdhury is a Subject Matter Specialist at KVK, ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal, India, with expertise in Precision Agriculture, Automation and Farm Mechanization. He was awarded with Young Researcher Award and Dr. K. N. Synghal Memorial Gold Medal for his Ph.D. He has published numerous research and review papers, book chapters, registered patents and copyrights, and has commercialized developed technology. He aims to integrate research with field applications to drive smart, technology-enabled solutions for sustainable agriculture.

Er. Nand Lal Kushwaha is a Ph.D. scholar in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. He is a scientist at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, with over five years of experience in applying ML to water resource management. He has published more than 45 research papers in international journals and two edited books with citations of more than 1600. His research focuses on AI in water management, watershed modelling and remote sensing applications.

Dr. Gourav Dhar Bhowmick is an Assistant Professor at the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department of IIT Kharagpur, India. His research focuses on advanced 3D agri-aquacultural and hybrid bio-electrochemical wastewater treatment systems. He is a BCSC postdoctoral fellow from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, proud alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, and GYTI Award-2016 recipient. His work drives innovation in wastewater treatment, bioenergy, and sustainable agriculture, inspiring technologists and entrepreneurs towards a greener future.