An IoT Based Farm Irrigation System by Periodical Maintenance of Soil Moisture Value

Abstract

India is the largest country and the main profession of our Indians is agriculture. There are many dry areas in India due to lacking of rainfall. So, irrigation becomes difficult. There is a need for water to grow the crops. The main objective is to minimize water consumption and water wastage. The objective of this work is to design a device for automated watering for a crop and was handled remotely by farmer. The system will help to identify whenever the soil goes dry, pump will automatically start watering. This process saves time and low electricity consumption for the device. The devise is designed by training moisture sensors with adequate power supply. The processor controls and makes decision whenever it receives signal from the transmitter. It setup a pump for water flow and to create a message system for communication purpose. An automatic maintenance of farm irrigation with soil moisture control was performed by Arduino. The soil moisture sensor and Relay circuit was used. This system senses the temperature of the land soil and moisture of the soil periodically. If the value is below threshold value, the pump will switch on. The irrigation system is necessary and useful for poor rain areas, unplanned water management, not proper storage facilities and more volume of water wastage. Hence, an IoT (Internet of Things) based farm irrigation system is developed. This system will be useful in all weather and climatic conditions.