Aswini and Jayalaxmi, two girls from APSWRS Jr. College, Komarada, Andhra Pradesh have devised a unique IoT and electronics-based solution which is easily adaptable and user friendly for farmers by and large.

Aswini hails from a family of farmers and understands the challenges being faced by the farmers across the country. She and her team member A. Jayalaxmi interacted with farmers close to their school and parents of some students in their school. They came up with a device, which upon using sensors detects soil water quantity and switches on the motor automatically. It also displays humidity and temperature of the soil.

The girls went to farmers in their area who expressed how they tend to waste a lot of their time gauging the soil quality and ploughing and watering the land to ensure appropriate soil moisture. The innovative solution can end this particular challenge faced by the farmers to a large extent. The device has also been field-tested by the team.

The duo has further worked on refining their prototype and have installed a regular switch on/off motor on the device. They further plan to connect the device to mobile phones that could direct all the details to it.