Convergence of Cloud with AI for Big Data Analytics

12APP-Based Agriculture Information System for Rural Farmers in India

Ashwini Kumar¹, Dilip Kumar Choubey²*, Manish Kumar³ and Santosh Kumar⁴

¹ Cognizant Technology Solutions, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

² Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology Bhagalpur, Bihar, India

³ Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Mody University of Science and Technology, Lachhamangarh, Rajasthan, India

⁴ Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Institute of Technical Education and Research, Siksha ‘O’Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Abstract

Agriculture is one of the most important sectors contributing around 16% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in India. The majority of the land that was earlier used for the cultivation of crops is now depleting and is now replaced by an industrial cover and by urban settlements or other forms of business prospects. The lack of information and use of traditional methods, farmers had to rely upon weather condition and quality of fertilizers to expect good productivity of crops, but due to uncertainty in weather condition and other factors in which growth of crops depend the production of crops was not uniform and are not able to meet the present consumption requirement. It may lead to an increase in the poverty level and inflation to tackle this problem. The ICT and cloud computing are used as a tool to provide real-time information ...