Abstract:
Irrigature is a Wireless Automated Irrigation Control System. The agriculture sector in Pakistan is facing a lot of problems like water wastage, inefficient and time consuming ways of irrigation, more labor requirement etc. The old methods of irrigation waste almost 50 to 60% of water. A major percent of the labor force, approximately 45%, is associated with agriculture sector. The foremost objective of Irrigature is to solve these problems in the agriculture sector. It will mainly help in saving water (almost 33%) due to cemented watercourses and easy control over irrigation, reducing labor because the system is automated and making irrigation time-efficient. We have automated the surface irrigation system because 94% of irrigation in the World and 70% in Pakistan is done through this system. Other methods require energy, expensive hydraulic pressure techniques and pipe systems like sprinkler irrigation and drip irrigation. Surface irrigation system like Irrigature can be deployed at the farm level with minimal capital investment and is less affected by climatic and water quality characteristics. The essential structural elements are located at the edges of the fields in this system, which facilitates operation and maintenance activities for Irrigature.
Our product consists of both the hardware and the software modules. Hardware includes the water gate mechanical structure, gateways and sensor stations. Similarly the software part consists of the web application (application server) and the communication server. The user can install the hardware on his fields and can then monitor the irrigation through the web application.
