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The Digital Agricultural Revolution
Innovations and Challenges in Agriculture through Technology Disruptions
Edited by Roheet Bhatnagar
Nitin Kumar Tripathi
Nitu Bhatnagar and Chandan Kumar Panda
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Preface
The practice of agriculture began in ancient civilizations and farmers have always contributed to nation-building by growing produce to feed an ever-growing population. Moreover, agriculture is the foundation of an economy, providing livelihoods for millions of farmers. Therefore, there is a need for synergy between application of modern scientific innovation in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) and agriculture, while taking into consideration the major challenge brought on by climate change, viz., rising temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns, emergence of new crop pests, droughts, floods, etc. The intent of this edited volume is to report high-quality research (practical theory, including prototype and conceptualization of ideas, frameworks, real-world applications, policies, standards, psychological concerns, case studies and critical surveys) on recent advances toward the realization of a digital agricultural revolution resulting from the convergence of different disruptive technologies.
This book highlights the latest achievements in the field of modern agriculture, which is highly driven by technology and aimed at sustainable agriculture. In it is a collection of original contributions by researchers/ academicians from across the globe regarding state-of-the-art solutions using newer methods to enhance and improve crops for smart agriculture. These solutions are arrived at by various means, as indicated in the topics covered in the twenty chapters described below.
– Chapter 1 presents an overview of how AI helps to increase socio-economic and environmental sustainability in the Indian agricultural sector. It also highlights the AI practices incorporated by farmers in India with small and mediumsized agricultural lands.
Chapter 2 describes the high efficacy of using remote sensing images and neural network models to generate accurate crop yield maps and offers proof of the significant superiority of neural network models over conventional methods.
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– Chapter 3 discusses the use of intelligent irrigation systems, which have recently gained importance in terms of efficient cultivation of plants and the correct use of Earth’s water. The use of machine learning and control methods in plant growth modeling and irrigation systems is also explained. The chapter ends with a discussion of current problems along with possible future implementation of new approaches to solve them.
– Chapter 4 provides insight into the opportunities presented by the use of robots in agriculture, known as agribots, and focuses on the advancements in different types of agribots in terms of sensing, mobility, path planning, and manipulation. It also talks about the status and progress of robots in Indian agriculture, concentrating on Indian-based robotic startups and case studies involving the use of robots in harvesting crops along with the challenges faced when deploying robots in the field.
– Chapter 5 delves into the Colombian palm oil (PO) industry. The contribution of this study is twofold: First, it provides a more comprehensive review of the PO industry technology literature based on Scopus and Clarivate Analytics, using the reporting checklist of preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA). Second, as far as the authors know, this is one of the first studies to address the technological solutions applied by Colombia’s PO producers and aims to help fill this research gap.
– Chapter 6 presents a case on smart agriculture and discusses intelligent agriculture in a greenhouse-based multi-agent system (MAS), which is made up of several agents located in an environment that interact according to some defined relationships. In this work, each part of the greenhouse environment is represented by one or more agent, with each agent coordinating with other agents to achieve set goals. In addition, it discusses the society of agents in which two types of agents can be found: 1) reactive agents characterized by simple behavior, whose mission it is to perform tasks that do not require intelligent reasoning, and 2) cognitive or intelligent agents, which are tasked with performing more complex missions and require reasoning to make good decisions.
– Chapter 7 is a study on the use of automatic and intelligent methods in the management of irrigation of agricultural
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land. Among these technologies are artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT), which are used to optimize the management of irrigation water in agricultural lands. The elements of the agricultural system and its environment are presented by things in direct contact with each other by relying on information and communication technology (ICT).
Chapter 8 discusses how modern agriculture has become knowledge intensive and how improved access to and availability of information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially cell phones, computers, radio, internet, and social media, has created many more opportunities for multi-format information gathering, processing, storage, retrieval, management and sharing.
– Chapter 9 presents an overview of nanotechnology and nanosensors in forestry and agriculture, including its use in forest health protection, forest management, wood and paper processing, and chemotaxonomy. The nanotechnology sector has best applied this technology in precision farming by developing nanobionic plants by inserting nanosensors into living plants that can be utilized to communicate as infrared devices and for sensing objects in the plant’s environment. Therefore, the nanobionics approach has opened a new vista into plant nanomaterial research. Some nanobionics approaches for agriculture and forestry development are also briefly discussed.
– Chapter 10 is all about mathematical models of the water resources management process of canals in the middle reaches of the Chirchik River, which were developed using simplified differential equations of Saint Venant in partial derivatives to model the necessary conditions for optimizing water distribution. An algorithm for solving the problem of optimal water resources management of distributed irrigation canals was also developed.
– Chapter 11 discusses various principles of reengineering of agricultural resources and throws light on open problems, challenges, and future trends.
– Chapter 12 shows how the supply chain management method is used for planning maintenance strategy, storing products, moving material through the organization and its distribution channel, which leads directly to maximum
profits through cost-saving fulfilment of orders. A simple supply chain acts as a bridge between demand and supply. Startups are bringing a new shape to the agri-supply chain by using new-age technologies like AI, machine learning, IoT and blockchain management, that procure directly from farm gates and supply to retailers.
– Chapter 13 discusses the need for an institutional approach of using digital techniques in modern agrarian production. This approach is illustrative of the synergy of economic, ecological, and social effectiveness as a progressive direction in which the development of a global economic system can be worked out. A general model was used to determine a new organization of the informational paradigm of agricultural activities based on the agility of the knowledge and analytical data being transferred into the value of information.
– Chapter 14 provides a comprehensive analysis of four aspects of AI implementation in treatment of wastewater: management, technology, reuse and economics of wastewater. It also provides an insight into the future prospects of the use of AI in the treatment of wastewater, which, in complex practical applications, simultaneously addresses pollutant removal, water reuse and management and cost-efficient challenges.
– Chapter 15 presents methods for assessing the impact of digital transformation risks on the business model of agricultural enterprises. Industry 4.0 is accompanied by the rapid transformation of several sectors under the influence of “breakthrough” digital innovations such as blockchain, IoT, AI, and augmented reality.
– Chapter 16 presents a unified systematic approach to the issue of modeling the dynamics of water management facilities. There is a wide range of mathematical models of individual objects of different complexity, which is why the choice of mathematical models that will describe the complex processes of water distribution in water management systems with the required degree of accuracy is a very problematic task.
– Chapter 17 showcases the use of blockchain technology that has become a phenomenon in recent years and is evolving into a form that institutionalized organizations can benefit from. The IoT integrates blockchain technology into the agricultural sector and provides the automation of the
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control mechanisms in the agricultural food supply chain. The study evaluated in this chapter utilizes technology in various forms, from farm to fork. Furthermore, a Fintech solution framework via blockchain created for digitalization of the agricultural commodity value chain is presented that secures the contract creation, transfer, and redemption (burn) processes.
– Chapter 18 discusses how new-age entrepreneurs are using technological innovations to address supply chain challenges and unlock value across it. India’s startup agricultural ecosystem is mushrooming, with over 450 startups that are currently operational, over 50% of which are focused on making the supply chain more efficient by improving market linkages. Inputs play a crucial role in extracting higher yields. The existing delivery system is not appropriate due to poor supply, lack of subsidies, improper infrastructure, lack of farm credit, and poor delivery systems.
– Chapter 19 is about the adoption of blockchain technology in the Malaysian agriculture sector and proposes a framework of blockchain agriculture supply chain management. As the blockchain supply chain framework in the agriculture sector is still limited, social network theory tends to be used in the development of the framework. This chapter has collected quantitative survey and social network data from firms registered in the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers that operate in the agriculture sector. The demographic profiles were analyzed through IBM SPSS 26 and the social network data was analyzed through Social Network Visualizer.
– Chapter 20 discusses the use of machine learning algorithms to study soil fertility, salinity, dynamics, and the relationship of soil organic carbon with the environment, spatial and temporal variation of soil water content, soil and water pollution, soil formation processes, soil classification, prediction, nutrient availability, etc.
Our intent in writing this book was to provide a foundation of comprehensive knowledge for others to build on; therefore, it is our sincerest hope that it will prove to be beneficial to people from different domains. We hope that you find it useful and engaging as you continue your journey to expand the sphere of human knowledge, if only by an inch.
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We are thankful to all the authors and co-authors of every chapter who have contributed their knowledge in the form of quality manuscripts for the benefit of others.
The editors
Dr. Roheet Bhatnagar
Dr. Nitin Kumar Tripathi
Dr. Chandan Kumar Panda
Dr. Nitu Bhatnagar
April 2022
Scope and Recent Trends of Artificial Intelligence in Indian Agriculture
X. Anitha Mary1, Vladimir Popov2,3, Kumudha Raimond4, I. Johnson5 and S. J. Vijay6*
1Department of Robotics Engineering, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
2Additive Manufacturing, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
3Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia
4Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
5Department of Plant Pathology, TamilNadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
6Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract
Agriculture is the economic backbone of India. About 6.4% of the total world’s economy relies on agriculture [1]. Automation in agriculture is the emerging sector as there is an increase in food demand and employment. The traditional ways used by farmers are not sufficient to fulfill the demands and it is high time that newer technologies are implementing in the agricultural sector. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the emerging and promising technologies where intelligence refers to developing and utilizing human-level thinking machines through learning algorithms programmed to solve critical problems. Artificial Intelligence plays an important role in supporting agriculture sectors with the objectives of boosting productivity, efficiency, and farmers’ income. This chapter focuses on how AI helps in increasing the socioeconomic and environmental sustainability in the Indian agricultural sector. Also, it highlights the AI practices in India incorporated by farmers having small and medium-size agricultural lands.
Keywords: Indian agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, farmers
*Corresponding author: vijayjoseph@karunya.edu
Roheet Bhatnagar, Nitin Kumar Tripathi, Nitu Bhatnagar and Chandan Kumar Panda (eds.) The Digital Agricultural Revolution: Innovations and Challenges in Agriculture through Technology Disruptions, (1–24) © 2022 Scrivener Publishing LLC
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1.1 Introduction
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a broad field of computer science that focuses on creating intelligent machines that can accomplish activities that would normally need human intelligence. Although AI is a multidisciplinary field with many methodologies, advances in machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) [4] are causing a paradigm shift in nearly every sector of the IT industry.
One of the oldest occupations in the world is farming and agriculture. It has a significant impact on the economy. Climate variations also play an influence in the agriculture lifecycle. Climate change is a result of increasing deforestation and pollution, making it difficult for farmers to make judgments about which crop to harvest. Nutrient insufficiency can also cause crops to be of poor quality [37]. Weed control has a significant impact and can lead to greater production costs. The above traditional farming can be replaced by using modern technology with AI.
1.2 Different Forms of AI
Agriculture is extremely important, and it is the primary source of income for almost 58% of India’s population [2]. However, it lacks support and suffers from a variety of factors, such as groundwater depletion, erratic monsoons, droughts, plant diseases, and so on. To detect the relationship between influencing factors with crop yield and quality, a variety of tools and approaches have been identified. The impact of recent technological advancements in the field of AI is significant. Recently, large investors have begun to capitalize on the promise of these technologies for the benefit of Indian agriculture. Smart farming and precision agriculture (PA) are ground-breaking science and technological applications for agriculture growth. Farmers and other agricultural decision makers are increasingly using AI-based modeling as a decision tool to increase production efficiency.
Artificial Intelligence is silently entering Indian agriculture and impacting society to a greater extent. There are three forms of AI, namely Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI), Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), and Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) [3] as shown in Figure 1.1 Artificial Narrow Intelligence as the name suggests uses computer programming to do a specific task. Artificial General Intelligence refers to a machine that can think like a human and perform huge tasks. Artificial Super Intelligence is
designed to think beyond humans. Artificial Narrow Intelligence is mainly used in agriculture to do some specific tasks, such as identification of diseases in leaf, optimization in irrigation, the optimal moisture content in crops, and so on, using AI techniques. The different forms of AI are shown in Figure 1.1.
1.3 Different Technologies in AI
There are many subfields, such as ML, Artificial Neural Network (ANN), and DL, as shown in Figure 1.2. The distinguishing features of these subfields are shown in Table 1.1.
Deep Learning
Ar tificial Neural Networks
Machine Learning
Ar tificial Intelligence
Figure 1.1 Different forms of AI [3].
Figure 1.2 AI versus ML versus ANN versus DL.
Table 1.1 Distinguishing feature of subfields of AI.
AI AI is a technology that allows us to build intelligent systems that mimic human intelligence.
ML ML is an AI discipline that allows machines to learn from previous data or experiences without having to be explicitly programmed.
ANN ANN depends on algorithms resembling the human brain.
DL DL algorithms automatically build a hierarchy of data representations using the low- and high-level features.
1.3.1 Machine Learning
A subset of AI focuses on algorithm development by learning from experience and helps in the improvement of decision making with greater accuracy. The categories and the corresponding tasks are shown in Figure 1.3. Supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement are the three main learning paradigms. Supervised is the most prevalent training paradigm for developing ML models for both classification and regression tasks [27]. It finds the relationship between the input and target variables. Some of the supervised learning algorithms are support vector machine (SVM), logistic regression, Decision Tree (DT), random forest, and so on. Unsupervised learning is often used for clustering and segmentation tasks. This method does not require any target variable to group the input data sets. Some of
Figure 1.3 Types of machine learning.
