Computational perspective on organic farming — A survey

Abstract

Agricultural system is the process of cyclic activities based on the natural sources. Current agricultural system is using equipments, fertilizers, pesticide and hybrid seeds to get more production and productivity of crops. To get more yield and satisfy the food demand, chemical fertilizers and pesticides are used to protect the crops. The excess usage of chemical fertilizers affects the soil, groundwater, air, human health and environment. To avoid these environment affects, chemical fertilizer can be replaced with organic manures and manure crops. The organic manures are easily decomposable and not harmful to environment and human health. This paper presents a study on organic and inorganic fertilizers, their impacts and side effects. It also surveys the computer algorithms and tools which play a major role in the field of farming to save and support ecology. Optimization algorithms can be applied to optimize the usage of fertilizers and organic manures in the effective manner.