@inproceedings{eprints8448,
          author = {S. N. John and R. E. Okonigene and Peters C. Samuel and Kennedy O. Okokpujie},
            year = {2016},
       booktitle = {Int'l Conf. Software Eng. Research and Practice},
           title = {INTELLIGENT PLANT WATERING SYSTEM FOR RURAL
FARMERS},
             url = {http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/8448/},
        keywords = {Irrigation, soil moisture, environmental
temperature, microcontroller, artificial watering},
        abstract = {This is an ongoing research study work. The
objective of this study is to build an intelligent plant watering
system for rural farmers. The study considered the availability of
water supply in specific regions for five years. Also vital
parameters statistics necessary for proper growth of each plant are
stored in the system data base over the same period. Our study is
primarily being guided by observations made in the rain fall
pattern, different weather conditions, and environmental situation
across the regions in the Northern and Southern parts of Nigeria.
The target farmers are very poor. Therefore, our task is to produce a
system that is affordable and reliable to these farmers. The
complexity and stability of the system notwithstanding, overall, this
study ?Intelligent Plant Watering System for Rural Farmers? is
being carried out to provide the rural farmers with a cheap, durable,
power efficient, affordable, reliable, flexible, efficient and high
performance intelligent plant watering system. Although this study
is divided into three major groups, however, in this paper we try to
present a subgroup that deals with soil moisture and fertility. The
system based on its available statistics sets the various limits for the
soil moisture, temperature and fertility. These features in the system
ensure that water for irrigation is effectively managed and allowed
to flow during specified temperature range. Also the soil fertility is
properly regulated. This paper discursion focuses on the soil
moisture and temperature}
}