Automated Hydroponics System to Study Nutrient Allocation and Plant Responses in a Controlled Environment

Abstract

In nations like India, where agricultural production is the largest source of revenue, agriculture is troubled by many issues like limited and divided farmland/cultivation lands, manures, chemical fertilizer, pesticides, and seeds etc. Adding on, even the water resources fall short, which makes agriculture even more difficult and challenging. But with the increase in the rate of consumers as well as increase in their health consciousness, leads to the demand for quality and quantity of chemical-free agricultural products. Hence technology can come into the picture to resolve these issues. This article proposes a solution to solve the above-mentioned difficulties by using hydroponics along with IoT where hydroponics is a way of cultivating agricultural products that end up saving more water as well as can grow the plants in small areas when compared with traditional methods of farming. It can be done in any unoccupied space in the house or anywhere, such as a room, lobby, patio, balcony, or any other unused space. So hydroponics results in higher yield of crops when controlled and efficiently monitored, growth of the plants can be monitored from anywhere in the world using IoT so it is time saving. The hydroponics with IoT model can also be modified into a vertical fashion. This model allows people to go organic and eat chemical /pesticide free food.