Designing of mobile controlled automatic Interactive Voice Response irrigation system

Agriculture is a dominant sector in India, which contributes to 13.7% GDP growth and provides employment to 65% of the population. These figures indicate that technological amendments should be made in order to improve productivity and sustainability. This paper proposes an Automated Irrigation system based on IVRS (Interactive Voice Response System) for remote controlling and monitoring of irrigation loads. It guarantees the farmer to perform his job efficiently with ease. The proposed system continuously monitors the soil moisture level and provides the necessary control signals for controlling the water flow to a particular farm sector. This is possible by controlling the switching operation of the solenoid valves, motors or pumps. Further, the designing, hardware development and implementation of the system is illustrated in detail. The paper also evaluates the latency involved in executing the complete process of control operation.