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Exposure to Auto-Irrigation System of Pakistan Using Solar PV Power

. Muhammad Ovais Akhter, Fawad Shaukat, Nusrat Husain and Zeeshan Ahmad Arfeen


Abstract

Pakistan is a nation of agribusiness. Right now, farmers routinely deluge land physically. Late influx of water causes the desiccation of the harvests & as a result, generation of yields get affected while the nation endures a major misfortune in its income. This paper proposes an advanced and efficient way for Pakistan’s irrigation system by detecting the soil moisture content via the level of water. The designed irrigation pump adjusts the water level automatically using moisture sensors. It is organized into two modes; manual and automatic. The moisture content of the soil is sensed by the control of the pump motor ON/OFF, which is intended in this effort to promote an Auto Irrigation system. Based on moisture sensor rate, the water pump is transferred ON and OFF in an automatic tactical scheme. After predetermining the onset values of soil moisture, temperature, and water level, a software function exclusively developed to be commanded using Arduino Nano. Furthermore, the water pump can be established ON and OFF in physical mode by the farmer via referring to a message at his own preference without essentially progressing to the ground. Moreover, this procedure now and then disburses more water &, due to moisture sensor programmed to control water tapping, agribusiness generation is better. Human intervention will be lessened as an improvement using this practice via developing a substantiated irrigation system in Pakistan.

Index Terms- Sensing Moisture Content in Soil, Auto Irrigation

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