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AI powered Hydroponics: Agriculture undergone transformation and revolutions especially the green revolution with systematic pre and post harvesting by the deployment of disruptive innovations. Agriculture through the smart farming practices is undergoing the fourth revolution that are triggered exponentially by the increasing deployment of information and communication technologies.
AI powered Hydroponics: Agriculture undergone transformation
Prof. Jayanthi Ranjan
Framework: AI powered Hydroponics: Agriculture undergone transformation and revolutions especially the green revolution with systematic pre and post harvesting by the deployment of disruptive innovations. Agriculture through the smart farming practices is undergoing the fourth revolution that are triggered exponentially by the increasing deployment of information and communication technologies.
Artificial intelligence (AI) being the essential components of fourth revolution driving the farming industry leading to the benefits of the end-users (farmers) by adapting the best practices of innovations. Hydroponics being the emerging farming practices nurture the farming practices by optimizing the space at affordable cost. The concept of hydroponics is a farming technique to grow smart farm within a green house.
The ‘Smart Farm’ being the soilless model
The ‘Smart Farm’ being the soilless model and a vertical hybrid setup that can house several thousands of plants in a confined space optimally. The hydroponics technique enables to cultivate garden greens such as Lettuce, Kale, Brussels sprout, Parsley, Radish, Bok choy etc. in a greenhouse.
The merging of AI with the hydroponics technology ensures the data precession in farming and has plethora of benefits: AI Seed profiling: The major of key of hydroponics farm is the Germination. The idea is to carry out special turf-like Coco peat (i.e. coir fiber). In fact, the seeds evolve to germinate and obtain a required growth after that they are re-potted in to soilless vertical setup. The AI hands-shake with hydroponics to perform the profiling of seed thereby determine the rate of germination for variety of plants.
Careful nutrients in measured quantities
AI plant nutrients: Careful nutrients in measured quantities being essential for the sapling in a hydroponic farm. The optimal usage of nutrients-based crop profile may be successfully executed through AI techniques in hydroponic farming.
AI Greenhouse: In order to have successful hydroponic farming there are several parameters that must be controlled especially the temperature, moisture, humidity and sunlight. The application of AI can automate and regulate the different parameters effectively through software solutions. AI also helps to collect the data, modulate the parameters on a real-time mode. The AI ensures the farmers to adapt smart practices for variety of crops inside the green house.
AI in hydroponics also finds immense importance
AI irrigation system: AI in hydroponics also finds immense importance in simulating the automated irrigation system inside the green house to achieve the desired results at affordable cost.
AI driven Smart Hydroponics consists of micro hardware and software to automate the variety of parameters such as electrical conductivity levels, pH levels and nutrient dispense. AI can also determine temperature, light density and (dampness) humidity levels and a high Terapixel HD visual camera to monitor the coloration of the plants.
Precession AI in hydroponics maintain the excellent balance between the environment and feed control through remote control. The application of AI in hydroponics makes a paradigm shift of the farmers from conventional to Tech Savvy Agri-preneurs.
Agriculture market trends: Globally nonetheless, the plunge will be whopping $17.9 billion by 2026.
Worldwide including India, intricate hydroponics farming is initiating startups in rural and urban areas. The angel investors also show keen interest on the greenhouse hydroponics. India witness growing of startups in AI powered hydroponics technology.
Vice Chancellor, Sharda University Agra
