Contributing to the Field of Agriculture as an Electronic Engineer

Prof.J.A.K.S.Jayasinghe Click to edit Master subtitle style

A.S.Maxworth

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Outline

Issues in field of Agriculture in field of Electronics of contribution Electronics for success

Issues

Importance Features

Agricultural

Contributions

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Issues in field of Agriculture

Food Local

is essential for living 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

Issues in field of Agriculture

Poor harvest Rise in global food prices

Food

Security is given the top priority in rebuilding Sri Lanka reliance is the key to food 5/5/12 security

Self

Issues in field of Agriculture

Reduction

of labor force

Reluctance of the younger generation to

enter into the field agriculture

Only 31% of the workforce involved in

Reduction

of land allocated for agriculture

Only 30% of land is used for agriculture Agricultural fields are used for housing

schemes

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Issues in field of Electronics

Electronics

industry is at a young

stage
More

service oriented

Knowledge Low

of undergraduates is compatible with the world in terms of innovative ideas contribution to Agriculture
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Minimal

Importance of contribution
Still

practicing primitive techniques

Technology is rarely used Still practicing the ancient techniques

Lots

of manual errors introduced

Highly dependent on experience Highly dependent on the person

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Importance of
Lots

continued

of wastage

At the stages of harvesting and post

harvesting

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 5/5/12

Features for Success

Introducing

new technologies

Reduce the complexities Hide the advanced techniques Make them user friendly Make them low cost

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Features for
Areas

continued,

where electronics can be applied

Soil quality detection Irrigation systems Fertilizer applier systems Product quality detection Post harvesting technologies

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Examples from the world

The

green seeker

the weed seeker

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Examples from
Automated

continued,

Sorting systems

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Agricultural Electronics
Agricultural

Electronics

A multi-disciplinary course For the final years undergraduates

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Importance of Agricultural Electronics

Building

the interface technology new applications to the Sri Lankan economy

Introduce Come

up with optimal solutions

Introduce

Contribute

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Selection of the Group

Final

year undergraduates

Possesses High

adequate electronics knowledge accessibility to the industry

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Contributions
Final

year projects

Universal Grain Moisture Meter

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Contributions
Collaboration

continued

with IPHT

Regular visits Identifying the methods of improving there

equipment
Part

time projects

Determination of Essential Nutrients in Soil

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Contributions
ISR

continued

projects

1. An FPGA based device for colour sorting and inspection of grains

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ISR Projects
2.Fully

continued,

automated Irrigation System

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ISR Projects
3.

continued,

Apparatus for colour sorting of fruits and vegetables

4.

Automated compost facility

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ISR Projects
5.

continued,

Automated storage cabin for post harvest transportation

6.

Electronically controlled grain preservation system

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ISR Projects
7.

continued,

Automated system for identifying and dispensing fertilizer in a certain crop area
Powe r Unit Contro lling and Proces sing Unit Blendi ng Unit Growth Level Identifi cation Unit

Dispe nsing Unit

8.

Automated temperature and humidity Microco control system Sensor for green houses Get
temperatur e and RH System ntroller Alarm 5/5/12
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ISR Projects
9. 10. 11.

continued,

Automatic fertilizer applier unit Automating the fruit drying machine

distributed information system for agricultural products

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ISR Projects
12.

continued,

Determining internal fruit quality using NMR

13.

Food Preservation by pulsed electric field

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ISR Projects
14.

continued,

Handheld meter to measure moisture and Nitrogen in soil

15.

Hand held soil organic matter sensor

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ISR Projects
16.

continued,

Fruit sorting using image processing techniques

17.

Hand held device to measure maturity level of mango harvest

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ISR Projects
18.

continued,

Light detector application for poultry quality measurements

19.

Non destructive ripeness detector

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ISR Projects
20.

continued,

Precision farming using sensor network

21.

Solar energy based fruit dryer

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ISR Projects
22. 23.

continued,

Smart sprinkler system

Non- destructive, portable, device for measuring 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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