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Contributing to the Field of

Agriculture as anElectronic Engineer

Prof.J.A.K.S.JayasingheA.S.Maxworth


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Outline

Issues in field of Agriculture

Issues in field of Electronics

Importance of contributionFeatures for success

Agricultural Electronics

Contributions


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Issues in field ofAgriculture

Food is essential for living

Local production

Contribution to the GDP from agriculture:21% in 2000

12.8% in 2009 (Industry 29.2%, Services 58%)

Imports In 2008 57% of potatoes were imported

In 2005 89.1% of dairy products were

imported


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Food insecurity

Poor harvest

Rise in global food prices

Food Security is given the top

priority in rebuilding Sri Lanka

Self reliance is the key to food

security

Issues in field of

Agriculture


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Reduction of labor force

Reluctance of the younger generation toenter into the field

Only 31% of the workforce involved inagriculture

Reduction of land allocated for

agriculture

Only 30% of land is used for agriculture

Agricultural fields are used for housing

schemes

Issues in field ofAgriculture


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Issues in field ofElectronics

Electronics industry is at a youngstage

More service orientedKnowledge of undergraduates is

compatible with the world

Low in terms of innovative ideasMinimal contribution to Agriculture


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Importance of contribution

Still practicing primitive techniques

Technology is rarely used

Still practicing the ancient techniquesLots of manual errors introduced

Highly dependent on experience

Highly dependent on the person


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Importance of continued,

Lots of wastage

At the stages of harvesting and postharvesting

Due to improper practices

Farmers are isolated

No way of getting accurate information Lack of technology

Available instruments are high in cost

Cost of Green Seeker - $51700


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Areas where electronics can beapplied

Soil quality detection

Irrigation systems

Fertilizer applier systems

Product quality detection Post harvesting technologies

Features for continued,


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Examples from the world

The green seeker the weed seeker


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A multi-disciplinary course

For the final years undergraduates


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Importance of AgriculturalElectronics

Building the interface

Introduce technology

Come up with optimal solutionsIntroduce new applications

Contribute to the Sri Lankan economy


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Selection of the Group

Final year undergraduates

Possesses adequate electronics

knowledgeHigh accessibility to the industry


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Contributions

Final year projects

Universal Grain Moisture Meter


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Collaboration with IPHT

Regular visits

Identifying the methods of improving thereequipment

Part time projects

Determination of Essential Nutrients in Soil

Contributions continued,


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Contributions continued,

ISR projects

1. An FPGA based device for colour sortingand inspection of grains


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2.Fully automated Irrigation System

ISR Projects continued,


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3. Apparatus for colour sorting of fruits andvegetables

4. Automated compost facility



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5. Automated storage cabin for postharvest transportation

6. Electronically controlled grainpreservation system



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7. Automated system for identifying anddispensing fertilizer in a certain crop area

8. Automated temperature and humiditycontrol system for green houses

Blending

Unit

DispensingUnit

Controllingand

ProcessingUnit

Powe

r Unit

GrowthLevel

IdentificationUnit

SensorSystem

Alarm

Microcontroller

Gettemperature

and RH 22



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9. Automatic fertilizer applier unit

10. Automating the fruit drying machine

11. distributed information system foragricultural products

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12. Determining internal fruit quality usingNMR

13. Food Preservation by pulsed electricfield



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14. Handheld meter to measure moistureand Nitrogen in soil

15. Hand held soil organic matter sensor



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16. Fruit sorting using image processingtechniques

17. Hand held device to measure maturitylevel of mango harvest



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18. Light detector application for poultryquality measurements

19. Non destructive ripeness detector



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20. Precision farming using sensornetwork

21. Solar energy based fruit dryer



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22. Smart sprinkler system

23. Non- destructive, portable, device formeasuring the ripeness level of fruits

based on chlorophyll content



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Any Questions?


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Thank You!

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