Authors: Priyanshu Singh, Priyanshu Soni, Manmohan Singh Yadav
Abstract: One of the significant resources used in agriculture is water whose availability is extremely low. Most people use traditional irrigation techniques, which are manual, and these techniques tend to cause wastage of water. The current paper has introduced a smart irrigation system, which is founded on soil moisture detection to enhance water management. The type of system employed in the specified project in this paper is based on a soil moisture sensor and an ultrasonic sensor that are linked to an Arduino UNO microcontroller. It constantly measures soil conditions and regulates automatically a water pump with a relay module. When the soil gets dry the pump is switched ON and when the moisture potential is achieved accordingly the pump is switched OFF. The system also offers real time updates to the farmers via the mobile notification and also show the information on an LCD screen. The solution saves water, less human labour, and enhances crop output. It is also affordable, simple to operate and can be applied in small and medium-scale farmers hence is an effective solution to current day farming.
