Smart soil monitoring system with crop and fertilizer recommendation features

Abstract

This paper represents the design of a portable and IoT based device for monitoring nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, pH, and moisture of soil, along with surrounding temperature and humidity, for crops and fertilizer recommendation. The idea and execution of a wireless, portable system for assessing soil quality, recommending the optimal amount of fertilizer, and suggesting appropriate crops depending on the soil conditions are the main goals of this research project. The system is designed to have a user-friendly interface. It uses a cloud-based platform for analyzing data and implementation of machine learning models. Multiple classification-based machine learning algorithms are compared to gain better accuracy of the system. The results of the system are validated using different samples of both indoor and outdoor environments. This cost-effective design, which includes monitoring of seven parameters necessary for crop cultivation along with crop recommendation feature and fertilizer suggestion, makes it desirable for agroindustry.