PALS - Precision Agriculture using Local Server

Abstract

Agriculture plays a vital role in the development of Indian economy, these days many people living in the cities are preferring organic fruits and vegetables, which in turn is creating opportunities for big nurseries to grow fruits and vegetables in the traditional organic method, some people are also growing such plants at their home itself to meet their daily consumption needs. Even though the methodologies used for such farming are very good at providing a good yield, such activities still require a lot of time and man work for efficient output. Such people are starting to rely on some automation and monitoring to as most of the people in such urban localities have very little time to spend on such activities, this has recently become a trend as the sensors used monitor these plants are relatively inexpensive and also usage of such sensors which provide the users with a lot more information which can be used to make dynamic decisions based on various conditions and requirements turns out to be even more efficient as it is not ideal to keep providing the same amount of nutrients and water irrespective of their need, therefore such constant monitoring helps out the users to monitor and decide on what actions to perform such as how much nutrients have to sprayed and how much water needs to be supplied. The only issue in implementing such system arises when we need to use a cloud service to manage all the data which is typically an expensive service and since it is not a one-time expense like the sensors, the users have to keep paying as a monthly/yearly basis for such services. The main aim of this study is to implement a simple and easy to use local server which the user can run on their personal computers or a cheap computation device such as a raspberry pi to avoid the heavy costs of cloud services.