Background:
For irrigation scheduling in Rice, monitoring the water level in the rice field on regular basis is a difficult task for the farmers, very often, the monitoring is not done properly, which results in late irrigation, and ultimately the adverse effect is reflected in the crop performance. Hence, ICAR – NRRI, Cuttack has developed Eco-friendly Irrigation Alert System for real time monitoring of water level in rice field for enhancing water productivity in rice:
Technology Details:
“Eco-friendly Irrigation Alert System” is a fully automated system controlled by microcontroller (ATmega 328) and powered by photovoltaic system consisting of solar panel and battery as energy storage.:
This system consists of: :
1. The Sensing Module :
2. The Control Module :
3. The Communication Module :
“Eco-friendly Irrigation Alert System” provides real time monitoring and is automatically controlled. This system avoids over irrigation or/and under irrigation and thus reduces the wastage of irrigation water. This system runs on clean energy (solar power), hence, it eliminates the necessity of electricity. This system alerts the end user through SMS, light and sound alarm and thus it facilitates effective monitoring of real time water level in the field. It has the potential to save around 30% of irrigation water without having any negative impact on grain yield. Thus, it increases the water productivity by 40%. It also increases net return for farmers by reducing pumping costs and fuel consumption.