Publications

Abstract : As the demand for greener food is increasing, the need for developing a replica of the field from the past century in a small box will always remain as a high-time requirement. This is can be achieved by the real-time controlling and monitoring of environmental parameters with a space efficient designing (nullifying the need of balcony farming) and reduced human interface (in accordance with our busy lifestyle) based system. It is helpful in producing non-toxic vegetables and increasing the availability of seasonal and exotic crops anywhere and at any time. This is achieved by controlling, monitoring and providing environmental parameters like soil moisture, temperature, humidity, and light. Real-time monitoring of these parameters and taking necessary control decisions will result in the improvement of yields. Firstly depending on a crop, the required parameters are set and provided by continuous monitoring of the system and when the optimum conditions goes below a threshold value the required action is taken based on the previously stored information. Using microcontroller as a decision maker and Analog-to-Digital Converter along with the sensors to collect the information and to do the needful. This user-friendly application helps in increasing the harvest of organic crops.