IoT solutions to help protect crops from wild animals and long-distance control room-based system for animal detection, surveillance and repellent

The ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation(IISWC), Dehradun, Uttarakhand recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, Uttarakhand for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT)-based solution for agricultural field protection from wild animals.

Dr M Madhu, Director, ICAR-IISWC and Dr Veena Datta, Registrar, UPES, Dehradun signed the MoU on the behalf of their respective organisations. As per the MoU, both the organisations have agreed to take up a collaborative project for designing, developing, implementing and analysing the cost-effective IoT solution for crop protection from wild animals and long-distance control room-based system for animal detection, surveillance and repellent.

The two growing technologies- AI and IoT can effectively provide practical solutions to protect crops from wild animals in both the hills and plain areas. The senior officials of both the organisations were also present during the occasion.