Banana farming has long been a labor- and resource-intensive process. Water management and fertilizer application play crucial roles in ensuring high yields, but traditional methods often lead to overuse, inefficiencies, and increased costs. Our study set out to change that by introducing IoT-based precision farming—and the results have been game-changing.Being able to monitor exactly how much water banana plants need in real time, adjusting irrigation schedules based on weather conditions, and applying fertilizers with pinpoint accuracy—these are no longer just ideas. That’s exactly what we achieved in our study using our State of Art AgWise Soil Sensors and Automated irrigation systems.At AgWise, we had the privilege of collaborating with experts like Dr. Ravi Iyyakutty and Dr. K.J. Jeyabaskaran, Principal Scientists at ICAR - National Research Centre for Banana, Tricchi, alongside our own team members— Dr Mahesh Salimath, Nirmal Kaliannan, and Varun Prabhakar. Together, we put IoT-enabled precision farming to the test and came up with some exciting findings.
