Several domains in agriculture can be automatically monitored to enhance productivity of the agriculture with less human effort. The sensors-based equipment that are connected to IoT can be operated using software-based applications. These applications interact with the humans using GUI. These apps include the farm management, animal stock, weather report, goods availability and soil parameters. These applications include mainly three monitoring and management systems (Table 8.2).
| Smartphone agriculture app types | App names |
|---|---|
| Agriculture information management | Ag Data: To record the experiments done on crop cutting digital data; developed by NIC, India. GSM: A grain storage management app. Kisan Suvidha: Farmers’ welfare app.Cow: For best practices in animal husbandry through text messages. Virtual Farm Manager: Edit all the fields ahead to sowing a variety of seeds. Pasha Pusan: To protect and develop the dairy farms. Satellite field monitoring app.Pusa Krishi: Aims to inform the farmers on latest technologies. Kheti-Badi: To encourage organic farming. |
| Weather information | Skymet Weather: Location-based weather forecasting over 7500 locations in India. Agroclimate: Advanced solutions for climate and weather. AgruWeather: Worldwide best reliable data for farmers. WeatherBug: Warning-based weather forecast. IFFCO Kisan: For rural empowerment. It provides access to weather forecasts, current market prices, one-touch facility to consult with agricultural experts, latest agricultural advisory, access to library of best practices for different crops and much more. |
| Calculators | Pantheon: Pesticide calculator. Agfleet: Decision-making app for productivity improvement. Agri Logix: Time and expenses and saving calculator. Other blend: Fertilizer calculator. ROI: Return on investment calculator. |
| Keeping the records | FARMapper: To maintain irrigation records. |
| Precision farm | Agrible: Accurate and location-based rainfall measurement. FieldNET: Control and monitor fields. ArcGIS: Query the maps and distance. Field Navigator: Hassle-free field monitoring in poor-visibility conditions. |
| Soil sampling | SAGBI: Soil agriculture ground water banking index. Yara Image IT: Nitrogen uptake by the crops. SoilWeb: GPS-based soil type measurement. |
| Area maps | FARMapper: Farm maps developed effectively. |
| Goods pricing | KrishiMitr: Provides latest commodities and fertilizers pricing list. |
| Composition mixing | PotashCrop: Online agriculture solution for farmers. Tank mixing. |
| Financial service | Agrisync: Connects the farmers with industrialists and other supporters. |
All these apps work on Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad, and BlackBerry operating systems.
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