Title :
“e-PaddySurv” - a sustainable crop surveillance system for Sri Lankan paddy cultivation
Author :
Chandrasiri, P.N. ; Ekanayaka, Y.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Univ. of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Abstract :
This study seeks to evaluate the existing methods available for minimizing the spread of pests and diseases in order to improve the crop surveillance strategies of the Sri Lankan paddy cultivation. And hereby proposes a system which utilizes the power of ICT to carry out the crop surveillance much more efficiently and effectively lead by the intention of upgrading the economical status of the farmers through being preventive than curative in pest and disease catastrophes arriving in future.
Keywords :
crops; geographic information systems; pest control; plant diseases; surveillance; sustainable development; Sri Lankan paddy cultivation; disease catastrophe; farmer; lCT; pest catastrophe; sustainable crop surveillance system; Geographic information systems; Global Positioning System; Manuals; Remote sensing; Surveillance; Sri Lankan paddy cultivation; crop surveillance; geographic information systems; integrated pest management;
Conference_Titel :
Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Colombo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5529-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTer.2012.6423024
