Smart Agriculture for Developing Nations: Status, Perspectives and Challenges

ISBN-13: 9789811987373 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 270 str.

Kandiah Pakeerathan

Opis

This book in its eighteen chapters provides sustainable and smart technology-based solutions to developing nations. Smart farming is growing in importance due to the increasing demand for higher crop yield, the need for using natural resources efficiently, the rising use and sophistication of information and communication technology and the increasing need for climate-smart agriculture. Some of these chapters deal with the applications of smart agriculture to address the special challenges of the Small Island Developing States for sustainable agriculture. The book brings together scientific communities from India, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Palestine, Sri Lanka and South Africa to share their expertise to make the farming system more connected and intelligent. The smart farming techniques shared in different chapters not only help to reduce the overall cost and improve the quality and quantity of products but altogether help improve the sustainability of agriculture in the developing world.‘Smart Farming’ is a management concept focused on providing the agricultural industry with the infrastructure to leverage advanced technologies—including artificial intelligence (AI), big data, robotics, drones and Internet of Things (IoT)—for tracking, monitoring, automating and analyzing operations. Sometimes known as precision agriculture, smart farming is software managed and sensor monitored.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Smart Agricultural Mechanization in India: Status and Way Forward - C.R.

Mehta, N. S. Chandel and Kumkum Dubey

Chapter 2: Applications of Geospatial and Big Data Technologies in Smart Farming- G.P.

Obi Reddy, B.S. Dwivedi and G. Ravindra Chary

Chapter 3: Applications of Drones in Smart Agriculture- C.R. Mehta, Satya Prakash Kumar,

A.Subeesh and Bikram Jyoti

Chapter 4: Achieving Agriculture 4.0 through Modernization and Enhancement with

Mechanization, Automation and Advanced Technologies - Ten Seng Teik, Khairul

Anuar Bin Shafie and Rohazrin Bin Abdul Rani

Chapter 5: Improving the Efficiency of Smart Agriculture by using Cost Effective IoT

Design - Than Htike Aung and Ei Nitar Tun

Chapter 6: Smart Greenhouse Development: A Case Study in West Java, Indonesia-

Sulastri

Chapter 7: MauCrop: An AI-Driven Interactive Mobile Application to Advise on Crop

Selection and Cultivation for Small-Scale Crop Farmers in Mauritius - Sandhya

Armoogum, Geerish Suddul, Girish Bekaroo and Aditya Santokee

Chapter 8: Affordable ICT Solutions for Water Conservation using Sensor based Irrigation

Systems for use in Arid Agriculture in Thar Desert Region of India- Ravi

Bhandari and Anand Krishnan Plappally

Chapter 9: Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies in Sri Lanka: Scope,

Present Status, Problems, Prospects, Policy Issues and Strategies - G.V.T.V.

Weerasooriya

Chapter 10: Image Processing : A Smart Technology for Early Detection of Crop Pests and

Diseases – Kandiah Pakeerathan

Chapter 11: Development of a Smart Sprayer for Smallholder Farmers in Conservation

Agriculture - T. Yu, C. Pretorius and J. V. Biljon

Chapter 12: Ecological Significance of Seaweed Biomass Production and its Role in

Sustainable Agriculture- V. Veeragurunathan, K.G.Vijay Anand, Arup Ghosh, U.

Gurumoorthy and P. Gwen Grace

Chapter 13: Biofertilizer Technologies for Better Crop Nutrient - A Sustainable Smart

Agriculture - Aneesha Singh

Chapter 14: Plant Tissue Culture Technique and Smart Agriculture– Zainab and A.H. Al-

Hussaini

Chapter 15: Investigation of Benzene Residue Removal from Agricultural Soil after Gamma

Irradiation Treatment using GCMS and FTIR Method - Moe Min Htwe and Khin

Myo Sett

Chapter 16: Removal of Nitrates from Drinking Water using Chia Seeds - Salah A.M. El Sadi,

Hassan Tammous and Khamis Al Mahllawi

Chapter 17: Smart Agriculture: Challenges and Strategies for Island States – Kandiah

Pakeerathan​

O autorze

Dr. Kandiah Pakeerathan holds a Ph.D. in Agriculture from the University of Sydney, Australia, with specialization in Molecular Plant Protection. Presently, he is working as Head of the Department of Agricultural Biology at the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, with almost 13 years of experience in teaching and research in plant protection. His areas of expertise include: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Plant Pathology, Nematology, Molecular Genetics and Plant Breeding, Plant Protection and Environmental Issues. His research primarily focuses on finding sustainable and smart solutions to various problems faced by the farmers and agro-based industries.