Smart Irrigation
The start of agriculture marks the civilisation of the human race. Even thousands of years later, most of its techniques haven't changed at all. Agriculture irrigation accounts for about 70% of the consumption of freshwater . In a world that is drastically losing its water resources, new methods for sustainable and efficient irrigation practices are long overdue. The traditional irrigation system relies on preset scheduled timers and controllers which is highly inefficient as the majority of water is wasted due to runoff. Rather, a "smart” system that can monitor the local environmental conditions and soil requirements would not only increase the yield of the crop utilising fewer resources, it would also eliminate the guesswork involved in several agricultural practices. This, among other things, is what the Internet of Things (transferring data over a network without requiring human-to-human interaction) based Smart Irrigation would help farmers do. The IoT-Based Irrigation