期刊名称：International Journal of Soft Computing & Engineering
电子版ISSN：2231-2307
出版年度：2012
卷号：2
期号：5
页码：68-72
出版社：International Journal of Soft Computing & Engineering
摘要：India ranks second in agriculture activities. It supports the employment of several households. Being such a big industry it is important to increase the overall productivity. Today India faces several problems and one of the major problems is the shortage of water for irrigation purposes. Farmers depend heavily on the rains because they lack the access to irrigation facilities. Their crop yields are highly unreliable due to the variability in both rainfall amount and its distribution. Also these farmers depend heavily on the prediction values of various factors such as weather, water, soil, etc. Here we describe the use of sensor networks for improved water management and for controlling other parameters. The target population is the resource poor farmers in the semi-arid areas of rural India. There is a major use of Information and Communication Technology (ITC). Sensor network and other agricultural techniques might help them to store and utilize the rain water, increase their crop productivity, reduce the cost for cultivation and make use of real time values instead of depending just on prediction.
