Preface xxiii 1 Introduction to Smart Farming: Definition, Importance and Trends 1 Manoj Kumar Mahto, Santosh Kumar Srivastava and Basant Sah 2 Overview of Robotics in Agriculture: Types and Applications 29 Praveen Kantha, Durgesh Srivastava, Santosh Kumar Srivastava, Sunil Kr. Maakar and Basant Sah 3 Digital Farming: The New Era of Agriculture-Opportunities and Challenges 57 Anju Khandelwal and Avanish Kumar 4 Challenges and Barriers to Smart Farming Adaptation: A Technical, Economic, and Social Perspective 75 Shivam Tiwari, Barkha Bhardwaj, Deepak Arora and Sabita Khatri 5 Sustainable Development in Agriculture: Soil Management 113 Shivani Dubey, Rishav Yadav, Vikas Singhal and Anoop Dixit 6 Concepts of Robotics, AI, and Internet of Things (IoT) in Agriculture 143 Devesh Kumar Bandil and Pankaj Rahi 7 Data Analytics in Agriculture: Predictive Models and Real-Time Decision-Making 169 Raman Kumar, Harpreet Kaur Channi and Harish Kumar Banga 8 Examining the Role of IoT and AI in Revolutionizing Agriculture: A Smart Farming Approach 201 Santosh Kumar Srivastava, Manoj Kumar Mahto, Sheo Kumar, Deepak Kumar Verma and Hare Ram Singh 9 Smart AgriTech: Sensors & Networks 227 Bikram Kar and Amit Kumar 10 Internet of Things in Agriculture: Sensor, Network and Communication Protocol 261 Rajeev Kumar, Surinder Singh and Prem Prakash 11 An Irrigation System: Design, Implementation, and Benefits 309 Shilpa Mahajan 12 Implementation of Smart Irrigation Systems 329 Jabar H. Yousif, Ghassan Al-Kindi, Ahmad. K. Kayed and Durgesh K. Srivastava 13 Smart Plant-Based Wastewater Treatment for Agricultural Irrigation Systems 351 Rituparna Saha and Amit Biswas 14 Drones in Agriculture: Mapping, Monitoring, and Decision-Making 373 Umangkumar B. Zalavadiya 15 Investigation of Banana Plant Disease Detection Using Transfer Learning 393 R. Karthickmanoj and S.
Aasha Nandhini 16 Exploring Dataset for Apple Leaf Disease Detection: A Focus on Horticulture 419 Anupam Bonkra, Sunil Pathak and Amandeep Kaur 17 Optimizing Crop Yield Prediction Using Machine Learning Algorithms 443 Rejuwan Shamim and Trapty Agarwal 18 Analyzing Smart Farming Technologies: A Study on Indian Farmers' Adoption Trends 489 Nilesh Tejrao Kate, Upasana Acharya and Chandraprabha Vaidya 19 Leveraging Linear Regression Model to Address Food Insecurity in the United States: A Smart Agritech Approach 505 Anoushka Tomar, Shivani Dubey, Vikas Singhal and Ajay Kumar Sahu About the Editors 545 Index 547.