Computer application for monitoring the automated irrigation system in short-cycle agricultural crops

Abstract

Short-cycle agricultural crops contribute to boosting economic growth. Therefore, it must be ensured that the monitoring of crop irrigation is efficient, since this determines the quantity and quality of production in each harvest, an element that currently has some deficiencies, such as: crops not adequately developed, loss of production, lack of control of the variables that affect the crop, among others. Based on this problem, the present research was carried out with the objective of implementing a computer application for monitoring the automated irrigation system in short-cycle agricultural crops. The proposed application allows real-time data collection through sensors connected to an Arduino board with which an automated irrigation system for short-cycle agricultural crops is established. The data is stored in a database for subsequent analysis through reports and statistical tables that serve for decision making and management of historical archives. A survey was conducted to determine the current status of irrigation systems for short-cycle agricultural crops, considering the criteria of functionality, operability, acceptance and satisfaction to determine whether they have access to technology to obtain data in real time. For the four criteria evaluated, the final result obtained was a score of 25%, which places it in the category of Weakness, making it necessary to implement an automated system. Subsequently, the proposed application was implemented and in a new survey to validate the application, the final percentage score for all the criteria was 100%, which indicates that, the computer application for monitoring the automated irrigation system in short-cycle agricultural crops, called InfoAsper, meets the requirements to solve the problem that currently exists in terms of water resource optimization.