Smart Plantation

The smart plantation is all about purifying the environment, particularly, Air. The plantation is a process that doesn't bring noticeable changes in a small duration to the environment. On the other hand, it's the one that's scarcity has marked lethal impacts on the planet. Climate change has now be

Project Title

Smart Plantation

Project Area of Specialization

Internet of Things

Project Summary

The smart plantation is all about purifying the environment, particularly, Air. The plantation is a process that doesn't bring noticeable changes in a small duration to the environment. On the other hand, it's the one that's scarcity has marked lethal impacts on the planet. Climate change has now become one of the most discussed issues in recent years. We can take the example of recent incidents like Amazon Rainforest fire, Australia bush fire, and many more. It's worthy to note that all of these incidents have taken place in the countries that have taken steps for the prevention of consequences of climate change. We have seen in Karachi that heatwave was primarily because of the Conocarpus tree which was massively planted without any prior research. The result was decreased humidity, decreased water level and ultimately KMC had to cut the plant from across the city.
Smart Plantation is a solution for the problem of an inappropriate plantation by recommending what is needed for the betterment of the environment. Data with the help of sensors will be collected from the air and land. The system will make a prediction and it will be ensured that the suggested plant is in the approach of the user as they will be able to buy seeds from the app. Alongside these features, the user will be able to visualize the plant at the desired place with the help of the Augmented Reality feature.

Project Objectives

• To plant, grow and maintain plants under different environmental treatment conditions.

• Protect the environment, keep the beauty of the planet and create a conducive environment to live in for the future generation.

• To play a global role in spreading the message internationally to save Earth from an unhealthy environment.

• To enhance the quality of our global environment for the benefit of all people.

• To introduce safe and healthy production of plants at the indoor and outdoor levels.

• To make ecosystem pollution-free.

• To provide ease in maintenance of plant.

• Helping to reduce greenhouse gasses and fight climate change.

• To provide a complete set of production technology including quality seedlings and potted plants. 

• Monitor real-time growth of plants and germination.

• To seed the plants with great efficiency and accuracy.

Project Implementation Method

The methodology which is to be applied to this project is split into 3 major parts that are; formation of a network of sensors, the recommendation of plants(that includes e-commerce of seeds, alerts generation for maintenance of plants, consultation with gardeners) and campaign for plantation. 

The step to be taken first is based on the vital segment of the project i.e. to form a network of sensors to read the elements from the atmosphere and respective soil for a defined interval of time. These elements include temperature, humidity, degree of sunlight, and other air constituents like the concentration of nitrogen, carbon, etc. For soil, pH level, moisture, salinity level, and the water level will be noticed.

All these readings, captured via sensors will be obtained by a middle layer' component, responsible for communication among units of the system. Based on such readings, the system with the help of algorithms will suggest a suitable plant with all the ratios of mentioned elements needed by it.

The system will also provide convenience by providing the E-Commerce of seeds of the suggested plants. 

After plantation, the system will get enabled to generate the alerts based on the real-time needs of the planted plants. The alerts will focus on the needs of a plant such as water level maintenance, protection from pests, fertilizers( as the soil itself isn't sufficient as a source of nutrients), appropriate sunlight, etc. These alerts will include the presence of elements and the ratio of constituents captured by it along with this the notification of the instructions e.g. Water your plant.

The system will be designed in a way so that it will also provide consultation from the gardeners. For this part, the system will take the request according to the location and will respond as a provision of the list of gardeners available for the respective location. The system will act as a platform that will help out the people willing to be a part of donation for the plantation campaign. The system will keep records of the donors so that to bridge up the gap between donors and the deprived or impoverished areas. 

Benefits of the Project

-Elimination of risks associated with plant choice.

Plantation based on choice and plantation-based on needs have different outcomes. The choice may not suit the environment but if it's done in accordance with the characteristics and needs of surrounding, then it will benefit the surrounding. Smart Plantation aims to eliminate such risks that may occur due to inappropriate plantation.

-Ceasing the way of consequences of human error in maintenance.

Whether because of the busy schedule or lack of care, a plant often dies because of human negligence. If the process becomes independent from a human intervention then mortality rates of plants can be reduced up to a significant level. The maintenance module will generate timely alerts as well as alerts based on plant' necessities.

-Green computing

The term Green Computing refers to the aim of IT giants to leave the least possible ill effects on the environment as computing causes invisible and inevitable damages to our habitat. There are two possible ways to achieve this goal. One way is to use resources in an eco-friendly way while the other focuses on ensuring that the resources are more than enough. By planting maximum, green computing can be practiced easily which is one of our motives.

-Air Quality Treatment & Betterment

NASA experimented in the late '90s in which they isolated small areas and planted them with the aim to purify the Air, which went successful. The same methodology can be applied on larger scales with some controlled parameters in order to get better Air quality. Especially in areas like Saddar, this kind of treatment is pivotal for the future.

-Filling up the communication gap between user and gardener

As discussed earlier, people in our region don't usually believe in what is digitally recommended. They always try to authenticate it from their trusted source which in this case, is the gardener. That's why, for their satisfaction, we will provide consultation services of a gardener at their doorsteps.

-Plant donation campaigns

European organizations like Trees4peace, Trillion Trees Campaign, Outdoor Conservation, etc, have taken a great initiative in order to make Earth green again. We aim to do the same in Pakistan, where very few authorities, public figures, and even the public seem to have an interest in reducing pollution. We will connect the people who are willing to donate for plantation, with the areas where it's needed by acting as a middleman. 

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

Following are the deliverables of the proposed system:

1. Hardware Unit:

The sensors for measuring:

• Air constituents (oxygen, carbon dioxide, humidity, moisture etc)
• Soil constituents (water, minerals, type of sand, salt etc)
• These sensors has to be embed in the soil or we can say inside the pot of the plant for getting the real time data.

2. Mobile application

The system will have a mobile application which contains the user-friendly platform through users can easily get facilitate by the system’s features. App will contain all the desired features, user will be able to show the level of air and soil constituents via graph, suggestions of plants will be given to the user for his/her healthy environment, alerts will be generated on your mobile in the form of notifications to let the user know what your plants need. 

3. Website

Website also have the same features as of mobile application. 

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Core Industry

IT

Other Industries

Energy , Others , Health

Core Technology

Internet of Things (IoT)

Other Technologies

Clean Tech

Sustainable Development Goals

Climate Action, Life on Land

Required Resources

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