Population Health

November 14, 2018

Developing a water advisory system for farmers in India

 91探花student Shahryar Ahmad聽helps set-up an automatic weather station that聽measures weather parameters in real time

Farmers in India grow an assortment of crops, and while this variety can be a good thing, many farmers struggle with knowing how much water their crops require. As a result, crops are often over or under watered, which reduces their yield.

To address this challenge, researchers from the 91探花’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering are developing an irrigation advisory system, which is technology that will offer farmers precise information regarding how much and when to water their crops.