Manage Your Farms Better With FarmGuide’s Technology
Technology today can ease the burden of the farmers and help the agriculture industry solve several of its crisis. Companies and firms also can improve their businesses from data analysis and image processing whereas farmers can use the information to develop better management plans based on a more scientific approach.
From farm segmentation to building wholesome profiles connecting a farmer to various modes of transport, communication and banking, innovation and technology are being developed from deep learning. FarmGuide’s market-ready products have seen a huge success when it comes to image process for smart farming. The idea is to provide relevant information to all stakeholders so that every party benefits.
An improved agricultural industry in India is the most necessary for a stable economy, yet it is crippled by several crucial issues. Today, there’s a huge drive to go for data collection and analysis for a more scientific approach to find solutions to such problems of crop monitoring, weather predictions and rain and underground water crisis. Smart farming is the way forward for the agricultural sector in India where data analysis and information-driven solutions can turn the industry around.
So, what is smart farming? It is the use of Big Data and emerging technology that provides information for a scientific approach in tackling issues like weather predictions, soil condition, crop choice and even risk assessment and insurance coverage. The biggest breakthrough in agriculture-related data gathering is image processing — studying satellite images to understand the multiple layers of information embedded in it.
One of the major components of geospatial data analysis is a way to map individual farm boundaries and building profiles, as is being successfully used by Farmguide. The concept is to not only to use image processing and deep learning in segmenting farms across India, but to also connect the individual farm to nearby utilities like stations, banks, marketplaces etc. This brings us to what is the application of image processing in agriculture and how exactly does Farmguide do this job.
APPLICATIONS OF IMAGE PROCESSING FOR AGRI-INDUSTRY
Processing satellite images provide relevant data that can lead to actionable solutions and timely checks. For instance, it can help show farmers the soil condition and irrigation status, and what should be the next course of action. Reliable and accurate information about crop condition and production is crucial for a successful yield. Image processing and deep learning can help stakeholders identify crop stress, and take necessary precautions. Timely intervention can prevent crop loss or failure.
One must understand that image processing can have multiple usages — from infrared data on irrigated lands to identifying weeds by colour changes — machine learning has evolved leaps and bounds in this sector. Data and image processing allows for precision farming and automation-led management plans which results in better utilisation of finances and time as well. For all stakeholders, especially companies specialising in agri-products and insurance, image processing is a reliable source of information.
At FarmGuide, image processing coupled with machine learning is being used to promote smart farming techniques.
FARMGUIDE’S USE OF IMAGE PROCESSING AND DEEP LEARNING
The most important applications of image processing lie in farm segmentation — which leads to deciding and maintaining the proper boundaries of each property — and also in mapping out the area for better access and connectivity. For the farmer to benefit from data, he must be able to access more than just crop-related information and institutions of transport and finances play a major role in his life and farming occupation.
Farmguide has stepped in to build on this concept providing geo-location information to the farmers regarding the communication, transport and banking — from markets to railway stations, irrigation to storage facilities. Building such detailed profiles is a major impact of Farmguide’s technology and data-driven solution. Farmguide also provides satellite imagery-based farm segmentation based on their coordinates and size as a solution to the contentious issue of farm boundary and wrongfully marking lands based on traditional practices can be phased out.
These are real-time information that is gathered from adopting new technologies. The agri-tech market is highly competitive today and FarmGuide has emerged as a player because of its focus on constantly creating tested products by using the latest developments in algorithms and image processing techniques.
