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
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22
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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23
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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