Smart Agricultural Mechanization in India—Status and Way Forward

Tapping the Unused Energy Potential of Solar Water Pumps in India

“…Given the potential to use the excess solar energy, we first consider the farming equipment that can use this energy. Commonly used farm machinery in India include tractors, power tillers, combined harvesters, threshers, rotavators, rice transplanters, seed drills, land levelers, and power weeders . Most farming equipment could not readily take advantage of the remote and variable unused solar energy and would need to be portable, be easily electrified, and have a sufficient energy demand that incentivizes fuel switching (if they are diesel-powered).…”

“…Commonly used farm machinery in India include tractors, power tillers, combined harvesters, threshers, rotavators, rice transplanters, seed drills, land levelers, and power weeders. 34 Most farming equipment could not readily take advantage of the remote and variable unused solar energy and would need to be portable, be easily electrified, and have a sufficient energy demand that incentivizes fuel switching (if they are diesel-powered). Rice threshers, which separate the grain from the straw, offer desirable characteristics to take advantage of the excess energy available.…”

Consequences of Psychological Benefits in the Context of Eco-Friendly Indoor Smart Farm Restaurants: The Moderating Role of Curiosity

“…Conventional agriculture also causes the acidification and eutrophication of land, which is due to pesticides and fertilizers [50,51]. For these reasons, the shift toward smart farming from conventional agriculture is becoming more important [1,2]. Ali et al [9] and Musa et al [10] also suggested urban farming using smart farms is necessary for sustainable environmental protection.…”

“…The shift towards sustainable agriculture from conventional agriculture by using smart farms is becoming important, which is due to global warming, environmental pollution, and the growth of the global population [1,2]. Smart farms are regarded as a disruptive innovation that efficiently produces agricultural products with an IoT-based automation system [3,4].…”

Development of an automated mobile robotic sprayer to prevent workers' exposure of agro‐chemicals inside polyhouse

“…Automation in covered cultivation is essential for efficient management of inputs (chemicals, fertilizer, water, and labor) to negate the existence of biotic and abiotic stresses and achieve optimal crop growth, yield and productivity. Recent developments in the domain of automated systems include mechatronics, robotics and decision support systems which ensure utmost precision in polyhouse operations like weeding, spraying, harvesting, and so on (Chakraborty et al, 2023; Mehta et al, 2020). Polyhouse cultivation is an integral part of precision horticulture which envisages precise control of climate, water, fertilizer, and so on (Reddy, 2016), by technological interventions such as automatic climate control (Jat, Rajwade, et al, 2020), Internet‐of‐Things‐based irrigation, wireless data transfer using ZigBee (Jonnala & Sathyanarayana, 2015), site‐specific input management (Chandel et al, 2016, 2021).…”