Research
Title : | An Integrated Autonomous UAV and WSN-based System for Crop Water Management and Crop Condition Monitoring |
Area of research : | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Engineering Sciences |
Focus area : | Spatial real-time data infrastructure Water & agriculture |
Principal Investigator : | N. S. Raghuwanshi, Professor, Agricultural & Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur |
Contact info : | nsr@agfe.iitkgp.ernet.in |
Details
Executive Summary : | Integrating Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-based crop stress monitoring with ground-truth verification from field-based Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) systems, is the proposed solution for generating unbiased, fast and accurate evaluation of crops facing water-stress and in need of immediate attention. This analysis would help the farmers as well as various agencies in planning and scheduling irrigation for the crops. In cases of crop damage or failure due to natural calamities, this method can be used for crop damage assessment in a fast, precise, cheap and efficient manner. |
Total Budget (INR): | 1,95,00,000 |
Organizations involved
Implementing Agency : | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur Funding Agency :Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Govt. of India | |