Automatic Seed Sowing Robot

Abstract

Agriculture is the mainstay of Pakistan's economy. It is also an important source of foreign exchange earnings and stimulates growth in other sectors. The government is focusing on supporting small and marginalized farmers and promote small scale innovative technologies to promote growth in this sector. According to the 6th Population and Housing Census of Pakistan 2017, the country’s population is growing at the rate of 2.4 percent per annum. This rapid increase in population is raising demand for agricultural products. There are vast gaps between the acquired and actual output of production, which suffers due to a lack of appropriate technology, use of inputs at improper times and unavailability of water and sometimes over watering which not only negatively affects the production but also significantly reduces the fertility of soil as well. Another one of the greatest problem is the wastage of seed during sowing season. The present government is focused on developing this sector and in this connection initiated a number of measures such as crop diversification, efficient use of water and promotion of high value crops including biotechnology. But the problem of seed wastage is still persistent and very less importance is given to this issue. Another problem that we are facing is use of extensive manpower in lieu of low production. Our production do not meet the manpower ratio we use in this sector. One of the main reason is lack of use of technology in this sector. To overcome this issue, we have analyzed the issue and proposed a prototype of Automatic Seed Sowing Robot. The robot is a sample for further improvements hence the paper can be read in this perspective. Use of robot in this area will not only curtail the wastage of seed but also reduce the manpower significantly. As our government is working on promoting small scale farming, keeping in view, Automatic Seed Sowing robot is the solution. This modal can also be replicated on a bigger scale with modification to be used in large fields and in sowing of different types of seeds.