CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] The embodiments herein claims the priority of the Indian Provisional Patent Application filed on August 28, 2015 and subsequently postdated by 1 Month to September 28, 2015 with the number 4544/CHE/2015 and entitled, "A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AGRICULTURE INFORMATION IN A MOBILE DEVICE", and the contents of which are included in entirety as reference herein.

BACKGROUND

Technical Field

[0002] The embodiments herein is generally related to agricultural field. The embodiments herein is particularly related to a portable computing device and method for providing agriculture information to farmers. The embodiments herein is more particularly related to a system and method for providing end to end crop specific information for agriculture crop, horticulture crop and animal husbandry information to semi-literate or illiterate farmers through an application installed in the mobile device of the farmers and to deliver the information using audio visual support in regional languages. The embodiments herein is also related to a mobile application that helps the farmers to choose right variety of crop, right amount of fertilizer, risk mitigation, post harvesting techniques and operating the pump set remotely. Description of the Related Art

[0003] Over the years, rural farmers depend on native or local knowledge for improved farming and animal husbandry. The native or local knowledge refers to the skills and experience gained through oral tradition and practice over many generations. Effective management of existing resources and knowledge is the key for increasing productivity and profitability of agriculture.

[0004] Traditional methods of harvesting crops require a farmer to have detailed knowledge about their fields and crops including the details of quantity of fertilizers to be used, risk mitigation, post harvesting techniques, and operating the pump set remotely so on. Conventionally, the farmers get advice or information about the crops through articles in the newspapers, TV and radio programs or through direct interaction with the experts. In most of the cases, the queries of the farmers are not solved by the general information provided by the open media. Due to lack of awareness, farming become input intensive instead of knowledge intensive. As a result, the contribution of the agriculture sector to GDP is declining every year.

[0005] On the other hand, a substantial numbers of farmers are semi- literate or illiterate. Due to lack of technical skills, unfamiliarity with new applications, inability to read, and unfamiliarity with English language, the farmers are often incapable of accessing the agricultural information available on the web sites or mobile phones. Moreover, the current data services are not designed for semi-literate or illiterate farmers in underdeveloped countries where educational levels are very low. [0006] Hence, there is a need for a system and method for providing end to end crop specific information for agriculture crop, horticulture crop and animal husbandry information to semi-literate or illiterate farmers through an application installed in mobile devices of the farmers. There is also a need for a portable computing device that helps the farmers to choose a correct and suitable variety of crop, appropriate amount of fertilizer, risk mitigation, post-harvesting techniques and operating the pump set remotely. There is also a need for a portable computing device that provides an end to end crop specific information for agriculture crop, horticulture crop and animal husbandry information to semi- literate or illiterate farmers with audio visual support in regional languages. Further, there is also a need for a portable computing device that provides instant pricing analytics and break even analysis for a crop based on the information given by a farmer.

[0007] The above mentioned shortcomings, disadvantages and problems are addressed herein and which will be understood by reading and studying the following specification.

OBJECTS OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0008] The primary object of the embodiments herein is to provide a system and method for providing crop specific information for agriculture, horticulture crop and animal husbandry information to farmers through an interface on a mobile device. [0009] Another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a portable computing device that provides a platform with planting/farming information, crop variety selection, and disease management.

[0010] Yet another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a portable computing device loaded with an application to provide a fertilizer calculator, Nutrient related information, irrigation management information, and post harvesting technology information.

[0011] Yet another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a portable computing device provided with an application to help. the farmers to choose a correct and suitable variety of crop, an appropriate amount of fertilizer, risk mitigation, and operating the pump set remotely.

[0012] Yet another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a portable computing device provided with an application to provide an instant pricing analytics and break even analysis for a crop based on the information input by a farmer.

[0013] Yet another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a portable computing device provided with an application to provide reminders/alerts to the farmers regarding irrigation control, drip control, spray control, and package of practices and so on.

[0014] Yet another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a mobile application to provide an end to end crop information to a farmer about crop varieties, plantation details, protection techniques, and quantity of fertilizers, micronutrients required, diseases occurred, and post-harvesting techniques and so on.

[0015] Yet another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a mobile application that guides the farmers about the usage of growth hormones, fertilizers and pesticides and so on.

[0016] Yet another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a mobile application that provides information to the farmers on goat, sheep and diary forming to the farmers.

[0017] Yet another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a mobile application that provides a vaccination schedule to the dairy farmers for livestock such as cattle, goat, and sheep and so on.

[0018] Yet another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a mobile application that provides on-demand weather services or details of climatic elements like sunlight, altitude of the farm land to a farmer through a mobile device.

[0019] Yet another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a mobile application that provides a crop specific post harvesting technology information to the farmers through a mobile device.

[0020] Yet another objective of the embodiments herein is to provide a mobile application that enables farmer to operate a pump set remotely using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) based mobile app. [0021] These and other objects and advantages of the embodiments herein will become readily apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

SUMMARY

[0022] The various embodiments provide a system and method for providing an end to end crop specific information for agriculture crop, horticulture crop and animal husbandry information to the semi-literate or illiterate farmers through an application installed in the mobile device of the farmers. The portable computing device is loaded or installed with an application for end to end crop specific information for agriculture crop, horticulture crop and animal husbandry information, a mobile device, a network, a cloud server, and a plurality of farmers. The application is installed in the mobile device of the farmer. The cloud server further comprises a database and an analytics and decision making module. The mobile device is connected to cloud server through network or Short Message Service (SMS).

[0023] According to an embodiment herein, a system for integrated crop management includes an agri-pole device, and a portable computing device. The agri-pole device is a server of agriculture service provider, and wherein the agri- pole comprises a hardware processor, memory, GPS module and a Wi-Fi hotspot module. Further, the agri-pole device is configured to act as a Wi-Fi hot spot device for enabling internet communication.

[0024] The portable computing device is loaded with an application for integrated crop management and the application is stored on a memory. The application is downloaded from the agri-pole through Wi-Fi connectivity, when the computing device is not provided with internet connectivity or the application is down loaded from an application store, when the computing device is provided with internet connectivity. A crop management module is provide on the portable computing device and run on a processor and configured to provide crop management information. The crop management information comprises crop related information, agricultural procedures, planting methods, available varieties, disease information, disease management data, nutrient information, parts-per million (PPM) calculator, irrigation management information, and post harvesting technology information for a selected crop. A fertilizer amount calculator module is provided on the portable computing device. A fertilizer amount calculator module is run on a hardware processor and configured to estimate an amount of fertilizer required for a crop. A business analytics and intelligence module is provided on the portable computing device and run on a processor and configured to identify a disease patterns and crop usage patterns of selected crop to predict an impact on pricing and to provide a graphical view of the disease patterns and usage patterns of the selected crop.

[0025] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is provided with a purchase portal configured to connect to a plurality of agricultural product suppliers, to enable a farmer to purchase agricultural products. The agricultural products comprise seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides. The crop management module is further configured to provide a user interface with a plurality of icons related to crop information. The mobile application is configured to provide information related to agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, and irrigation management.

[0026] According to an embodiment herein, the system for integrated crop management further comprises a cloud server connected to the portable computing device. The cloud server comprises an analytics module, a push notification module, an e-commerce portal, and a database. The analytics module is configured to provide analytics on crop related information such as disease patterns, usage patterns. The push notification module is configured to send push messages related to crops and agriculture procedures. The e-commerce portal is configured to provide a listing of agricultural supplies and crops available for purchase. The database is configured for storing details of a user and preferred configuration settings for the application.

[0027] According to an embodiment herein, a method executed on a portable computing device comprising a processor and a memory to provide integrated crop management solution comprises downloading an application for integrated crop management from an agri-pole device. The agri-pole device is a server of agriculture service provider. Further, crop management information is provided by a crop management module. The crop management information comprises crop related information, agricultural procedures, planting methods, available varieties, disease information, disease management data, nutrient information, parts-per million (PPM) calculator, irrigation management information, and post harvesting technology information for a selected crop. The amount of fertilizer required for a crop is estimated by a fertilizer calculator. A disease pattern and crop usage patterns of selected crop are identified by a business analytics and intelligence module to predict an impact on pricing and to provide a graphical view of the disease patterns and usage patterns of the selected crop. A purchase portal is provided on the portable computing device to connect with a plurality of agricultural product suppliers, to enable a farmer to purchase agricultural products. The agricultural products comprise seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides. The application is configured to provide information related to agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, and irrigation management. Further, a user interface is provided with a plurality of icons related to crop information by the crop management module.

[0028] According to an embodiment herein, the home page of the portable computing device comprises a plurality of icons that represents end to end crop specific information about an agricultural crop and horticultural crop. The icons on the home page represent specific information about a crop such as wheat, pomegranate, grapes, chilly, coffee, banana, onion, tea, cotton, rice, sugarcane, sunflower, groundnut, potato, tomato, corn, papaya, coconut, pigeon pea, tobacco and so on. The portable computing device also provides specific information and management related to dairy farming, sheep farming, sericulture, and the like.

[0029] According to an embodiment herein, each icon on the User Interface of the home page further comprises sub-icons that represent a specific information about the crop. Each sub-icon represent a specific crop information such as varieties of the crop, plantation details, plant protection, irrigation information, quantity of fertilizers to be used, micro nutrients required, diseases, harvesting and post harvesting techniques, and the like.

[0030] According to an embodiment herein, each sub- icon further comprises a plurality of icons that represent a detailed information about the specific feature of the crop. For example, the 'diseases' sub icon of sugarcane crop comprises icons that represent a plurality of diseases of the sugarcane crop such as eye spot, grassy shoot, mosaic, pine apple, red rot, rust, smut, wilt, early shoot borer and so on.

[0031] According to an embodiment herein, a cloud server is communicably connected to the portable computing device. The cloud server comprises an analytics module, a push notification module, an e-commerce portal, and a database. The analytics module is configured to provide analytics on crop related information such as disease patterns, usage patterns. The push notification module configured to send push messages related to crops and agriculture procedures. The e-commerce portal configured to provide a listing of agricultural supplies and crops available for purchase. The database is configured for storing details of a user and preferred configuration settings for the application.

[0032] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to provide an end to end crop specific information to the farmer with audio visual support in a plurality of regional languages. [0033] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to provide a crop specific information to the farmer in the absence of internet services.

[0034] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to provide a decision support to the farmers while choosing the variety of crop to be grown, an amount of fertilizer to be used, risk mitigation, post harvesting techniques, and operating the pump set remotely.

[0035] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to provide an instant pricing analytics and break even analysis for a crop based on the information given by a farmer.

[0036] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to provide reminders to the farmers regarding irrigation control portable computing device, drip portable computing device, spray portable computing devices, and package of practices and so on.

[0037] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to guide the farmers about the usage of growth hormones, fertilizers and pesticides and so on while harvesting the crops.

[0038] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to provide vaccination schedule to the dairy farmers for livestock such as cattle, goat, and sheep and so on.

[0039] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to provide on demand weather services or details of climatic elements like sunlight, altitude of the farm land to a farmer. [0040] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to enable the farmer to operate a pump set remotely using a GUI based feature.

[0041] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to allow the farmers to select certain crops and download the details of the crops to the mobile device. The portable computing device is further configured to allow the farmer to share the details to the other farmers through suitable communication media such as a Bluetooth transfer or Wi-Fi transfer or flash transfer.

[0042] According to an embodiment herein, the database of the cloud server is configured to store the information and statistics of all agriculture crops and dairy farming sectors. The information about each crop includes basic information about the crop, varieties available, plantation details, plant protection details, irrigation information, amount of fertilizers required, micronutrients deficiency, diseases occurred, harvesting and post harvesting techniques and so on.

[0043] According to an embodiment herein, the usage pattern is tracked and pushed to cloud server periodically through SMS or internet when the farmer uses the application. The analytics and decision making module of the cloud server is configured to capture and analyze the crop information and usage patterns of the farmers. Further, the analytics and decision making module is configured to determine the economics and statistics of all the crops and updates the database of the cloud server. [0044] According to an embodiment herein, the farmer is enabled to connect the mobile device to the cloud server through the network and select a preferred language and a crop from a list. Further, the farmer is enabled to download the end to end crop specific agriculture information application from the cloud server. According to an embodiment herein, the farmer is also enabled to download the application through pear to pear transfer using Bluetooth or Wi- Fi transfer or flash transfer or share the application and so on in the absence of internet. Subsequently, portable computing device is installed with the application. The farmer launches the application by clicking or selecting the icon appeared on the mobile screen. The application is configured to allow the farmer to enter the details like name, location, and submits the details to the cloud server.

[0045] The application is configured to navigate the farmer to a home page. The home page of the application comprises a plurality of icons that represents end to end information about the selected crop. The icons on the home page represent specific information about a crop such as wheat, pomegranate, grapes, chilly, coffee, banana, onion, tea, cotton, rice, sugarcane, sunflower, groundnut, potato, tomato, corn, papaya, coconut, pigeon pea, tobacco and so on. The application allows the farmer to select an icon through a key pad of the mobile device or a touch input. Each icon provides information about crop varieties, plantation details, protection techniques, and quantity of fertilizers, micronutrients deficiency, diseases occurred, and post-harvesting techniques and the like. [0046] When the farmer selects an icon and browses through the information required for the crop, the application is configured to display the information relating to the crop on the screen of the mobile device. For example, when the farmer selects 'diseases' sub icon of sugarcane crop, the application navigates the farmer to another page that displays information about a plurality of diseases of the sugarcane crop such as eye spot, grassy shoot, mosaic, pine apple, red rot, rust, smut, wilt, early shoot borer and the like.

[0047] According to one embodiment, the application is configured to provide alerts to the farmers on specific notification through a push message or Short Media Message (SMS). In an example, a specific seasonal pest alert for Sugarcane will be sent as a "Text SMS" to Sugarcane application users in the form of general SMS which is further posted into inbox of Sugarcane application users. Thus, the existing SMS gateway technology is used to push relevant messages to the application users.

[0048] According to one embodiment, a farmer's usage pattern include information related to disease in Onion. The business Analytics and intelligence module is configured to correlate the usage pattern with various ancillary data like area of cultivation, weather data and the like through analytical methodologies like Regression technique. Further, the business Analytics and intelligence module is configured to predict the impact of pricing in Onion based on the analyzed data, and share the predicted information with other farmers.

[0049] These and other aspects of the embodiments herein will be better appreciated and understood when considered in conjunction with the following description and the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the following descriptions, while indicating the preferred embodiments and numerous specific details thereof, are given by way of an illustration and not of a limitation. Many changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the embodiments herein without departing from the spirit thereof, and the embodiments herein include all such modifications.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0050] The other objects, features and advantages will occur to those skilled in the art from the following description of the preferred embodiment and the accompanying drawings in which:

[0051] FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a system for providing end to end agriculture information, according to an embodiment herein.

[0052] FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of the portable computing device, for providing integrated crop management and agricultural information, according to an embodiment herein.

[0053] FIG. 3 illustrates a flow chart explaining a method of providing end to end agriculture information through a portable computing device, according to an embodiment herein.

[0054] FIG. 4 is an exemplary illustration of a user interface of the portable computing device, according to an embodiment herein.

[0055] FIG. 5 is an exemplary illustration of a user interface of the portable computing device, according to an embodiment herein. [0056] Although the specific features of the embodiments are shown in some drawings and not in others. This is done for convenience only as each feature may be combined with any or all of the other features in accordance with the embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0057] In the following detailed description, a reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which the specific embodiments that may be practiced is shown by way of illustration. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the embodiments and it is to be understood that the logical, mechanical and other changes may be made without departing from the scope of the embodiments. The following detailed description is therefore not to be taken in a limiting sense.

[0058] The various embodiments herein provide a system and method for providing an end to end crop specific information for agriculture crop, horticulture crop and animal husbandry information to the semi-literate or illiterate farmers through an application installed in the mobile device of the farmers. The portable computing device loaded or installed with an application for end to end crop specific information for agriculture crop, horticulture crop and animal husbandry information, a mobile device, a network, a cloud server, and a plurality of farmers. The application is installed in the mobile device of the fanner. The cloud server further comprises a database and an analytics and decision making module. The mobile device is connected to cloud server through network or Short Message Service (SMS).

[0059] According to an embodiment herein, an integrated computing system for integrated crop management includes an agri-pole device, and a portable computing device. The agri-pole device is a server of agriculture service provider, and wherein the agri-pole comprises a hardware processor, memory, GPS module and a Wi-Fi hotspot module. Further, the agri-pole device is configured to act as a Wi-Fi hot spot device for enabling internet communication.

[0060] The portable computing device is loaded with an application for integrated crop management and the application is stored on a memory. The application is downloaded from the agri-pole through Wi-Fi connectivity, when the computing device is not provided with internet connectivity or the application is down loaded from an application store, when the computing device is provided with internet connectivity. A crop management module is provide on the portable computing device and run on a processor and configured to provide crop management information. The crop management information comprises crop related information, agricultural procedures, planting methods, available varieties, disease information, disease management data, nutrient information, parts-per million (PPM) calculator, irrigation management information, and post harvesting technology information for a selected crop. A fertilizer amount calculator module is provided on the portable computing device. A fertilizer amount calculator module is run on a hardware processor and configured to estimate an amount of fertilizer required for a crop. A business analytics and intelligence module is provided on the portable computing device and run on a processor and configured to identify a disease patterns and crop usage patterns of selected crop to predict an impact on pricing and to provide a graphical view of the disease patterns and usage patterns of the selected crop.

[0061] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is provided with a purchase portal configured to connect to a plurality of agricultural product suppliers, to enable a farmer to purchase agricultural products. The agricultural products comprise seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides. The crop management module is further configured to provide a user interface with a plurality of icons related to crop information. The mobile application is configured to provide information related to agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, and irrigation management.

[0062] According to an embodiment herein, the system for integrated crop management further comprises a cloud server connected to the portable computing device. The cloud server comprises an analytics module, a push notification module, an e-commerce portal, and a database. The analytics module is configured to provide analytics on crop related information such as disease patterns, usage patterns. The push notification module configured to send push messages related to crops and agriculture procedures. The e-commerce portal configured to provide a listing of agricultural supplies and crops available for purchase. The database is configured for storing details of a user and preferred configuration settings for the application. [0063] According to an embodiment herein, a method executed on a portable computing device comprising a processor and a memory to provide integrated crop management solution comprises downloading an application for integrated crop management from an agri-pole device. The agri-pole device is a server of agriculture service provider. Further, crop management information is provided by a crop management module. The crop management information comprises crop related information, agricultural procedures, planting methods, available varieties, disease information, disease management data, nutrient information, parts-per million (PPM) calculator, irrigation management information, and post harvesting technology information for a selected crop. The amount of fertilizer required for a crop is estimated by a fertilizer calculator. A disease pattern and crop usage patterns of selected crop are identified by a business analytics and intelligence module to predict an impact on pricing and to provide a graphical view of the disease patterns and usage patterns of the selected crop. A purchase portal is provided on the portable computing device to connect with a plurality of agricultural product suppliers, to enable a farmer to purchase agricultural products. The agricultural products comprise seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides. The application is configured to provide information related to agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, and irrigation management. Further, a user interface is provided with a plurality of icons related to crop information by the crop management module.

[0064] According to an embodiment herein, the home page of the portable computing device comprises a plurality of icons that represents end to end crop specific information about an agricultural crop and horticultural crop. The icons on the home page represent specific information about a crop such as wheat, pomegranate, grapes, chilly, coffee, banana, onion, tea, cotton, rice, sugarcane, sunflower, groundnut, potato, tomato, corn, papaya, coconut, pigeon pea, tobacco and so on. The portable computing device also provides specific information and management related to dairy farming, sheep farming, sericulture, and the like.

[0065] According to an embodiment herein, each icon on the User Interface of the home page further comprises sub-icons that represent a specific information about the crop. Each sub-icon represent a specific crop information such as varieties of the crop, plantation details, plant protection, irrigation information, quantity of fertilizers to be used, micro nutrients required, diseases, harvesting and post harvesting techniques, and the like.

[0066] According to an embodiment herein, each sub- icon further comprises a plurality of icons that represent a detailed information about the specific feature of the crop. For example, the 'diseases' sub icon of sugarcane crop comprises icons that represent a plurality of diseases of the sugarcane crop such as eye spot, grassy shoot, mosaic, pine apple, red rot, rust, smut, wilt, early shoot borer and so on.

[0067] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to provide an end to end crop specific information to the farmer with audio visual support in a plurality of regional languages. [0068] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to provide a crop specific information to the farmer in absence of internet services.

[0069] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to provide a decision support to the farmers while choosing the variety of crop to be grown, an amount of fertilizer to be used, risk mitigation, post harvesting techniques, and operating the pump set remotely.

[0070] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to provide an instant pricing analytics and break even analysis for a crop based on the information given by a farmer.

[0071] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to provide reminders to the farmers regarding irrigation control portable computing device, drip portable computing device, spray portable computing devices, and package of practices and so on.

[0072] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to guide the farmers about the usage of growth hormones, fertilizers and pesticides and so on while harvesting the crops.

[0073] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to provide vaccination schedule to the dairy farmers for livestock such as cattle, goat, and sheep and so on.

[0074] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to provide on demand weather services or details of climatic elements like sunlight, altitude of the farm land to a farmer. [0075] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to enable the farmer to operate a pump set remotely using a GUI based feature.

[0076] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to allow the farmers to select certain crops and download the details of the crops to the mobile device. The portable computing device is further configured to allow the farmer to share the details to the other farmers through suitable communication media such as a Bluetooth transfer or Wi-Fi transfer or flash transfer.

[0077] According to an embodiment herein, the database of the cloud server is configured to store the information and statistics of all agriculture crops and dairy farming sectors. The information about each crop includes basic information about the crop, varieties available, plantation details, plant protection details, irrigation information, amount of fertilizers required, micronutrients deficiency, diseases occurred, harvesting and post harvesting techniques and so on.

[0078] According to an embodiment herein, the usage pattern is tracked and pushed to cloud server periodically through SMS or internet when the farmer uses the application. The analytics and decision making module of the cloud server is configured to capture and analyze the crop information and usage patterns of the farmers. Further, the analytics and decision making module is configured to determine the economics and statistics of all the crops and updates the database of the cloud server. [0079] According to an embodiment herein, the farmer is enabled to connect the mobile device to the cloud server through the network and select a preferred language and a crop from a list. Further, the farmer is enabled to download the end to end crop specific agriculture information application from the cloud server. According to an embodiment herein, the farmer is also enabled to download the application through pear to pear transfer using Bluetooth or Wi- Fi transfer or flash transfer or share the application and so on in the absence of internet. Subsequently, portable computing device is installed with the application. The farmer launches the application by clicking or selecting the icon appeared on the mobile screen. The application is configured to allow the farmer to enter the details like name, location, and submits the details to the cloud server.

[0080] After receiving configuration settings and user details from the farmer, the application is configured to navigate the farmer to a home page. The user details are uploaded to a cloud server. The home page of the application comprises a plurality of icons that represents end to end information about the selected crop. The icons on the home page represent specific information about a crop such as wheat, pomegranate, grapes, chilly, coffee, banana, onion, tea, cotton, rice, sugarcane, sunflower, groundnut, potato, tomato, corn, papaya, coconut, pigeon pea, tobacco and so on. The application allows the farmer to select an icon through a key pad of the mobile device or a touch input. Each icon provides information about crop varieties, plantation details, protection techniques, and quantity of fertilizers, micronutrients deficiency, diseases occurred, and post-harvesting techniques and the like. [0081] When the farmer selects an icon and browses through the information required for the crop, the application is configured to display the information relating to the crop on the screen of the mobile device. For example, when the farmer selects 'diseases' sub icon of sugarcane crop, the application navigates the farmer to another page that displays information about a plurality of diseases of the sugarcane crop such as eye spot, grassy shoot, mosaic, pine apple, red rot, rust, smut, wilt, early shoot borer and the like.

[0082] According to one embodiment, the application is configured to provide alerts to the farmers on specific notification through a push message or Short Media Message (SMS). In an example, a specific seasonal pest alert for Sugarcane will be sent as a "Text SMS" to Sugarcane application users in the form of general SMS which is further posted into inbox of Sugarcane application users. Thus, the existing SMS gateway technology is used to push relevant messages to the application users.

[0083] According to an embodiment herein, a farmer's usage pattern include information related to disease in Onion. The business Analytics and intelligence module is configured to correlate the usage pattern with various ancillary data like area of cultivation, weather data and the like through analytical methodologies like Regression technique. Further, the business Analytics and intelligence module is configured to predict the impact of pricing in Onion based on the analyzed data, and share the predicted information with other farmers.

[0084] FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a system for providing end to end agriculture information, According to an embodiment herein. The system provides an end to end crop specific information for agriculture crop, horticulture crop and animal husbandry information to farmers through a user interface on the portable computing device. The system includes an agri-pole device 107, and a portable computing device 102. The agri-pole device 107 is a server of agriculture service provider. The agri-pole device 107 comprises a hardware processor, memory, GPS module and a Wi-Fi hotspot module. Further, the agri- pole device 107 is configured to act as a Wi-Fi hot spot device for enabling internet communication.

[0085] The portable computing device 102, hereinafter referred to as portable computing device includes an application for integrated crop management stored on a memory. The application is downloaded from the agri- pole through Wi-Fi connectivity, when the computing device is not provided with internet connectivity or the application is down loaded from an application store, when the computing device is provided with internet connectivity. The portable computing device includes a crop management module run on a processor configured to provide crop management information, and wherein the crop management information comprises crop related information, agricultural procedures, planting methods, available varieties, disease information, disease management data, nutrient information, parts-per million (PPM) calculator, irrigation management information, and post harvesting technology information for a selected crop. The portable computing device includes a fertilizer amount calculator module run on a hardware processor and configured to estimate an amount of fertilizer required for a crop. The portable computing device includes a business analytics and intelligence module run on a processor and configured to identify a disease patterns and crop usage patterns of selected crop to predict an impact on pricing and to provide a graphical view of the disease patterns and usage patterns of the selected crop.

[0086] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is communicably coupled to the cloud server 105 and the Application server 106. The portable computing device is connected to the cloud server 105 through network 104. The farmer's and other beneficiaries 103 accesses crop specific through a User Interface (UI) on the portable computing device 102. The cloud server 105 further comprises database 105a, analytics module 105b, push notification module 105C, and e-commerce platform 105d. The analytics module 105b is configured to provide analytics on crop related information such as disease patterns, usage patterns. The push notification module 105c is configured to send push messages, or short media messages related to agricultural procedures, crop information and other livelihood to the portable computing device 102. The e-commerce platform 105d is configured to provide a listing of agricultural supplies and crops. The e-commerce platform 105d is further configured to enable a user to purchase listed agricultural supplies and crops. The database 105a is configured for storing details of a user and preferred configuration settings for the application.

[0087] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device 100 is configured to allow a farmer to download the application 101 from the cloud server 105. The portable computing device 101 comprises a user interface that allows the farmer and other beneficiaries 103 to enter details such as name, location, and so on in specific fields and submit the details to the cloud server. Further, the portable computing device is configured to allow the farmer 103 to select a preferred language. Further, the application 101 is configured to display the information about the crops, agriculture procedures and other information related to livelihood in the language selected by the farmer 103.

[0088] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device 102 is a mobile or handheld PC, or a tablet or smart phone, or a feature phone, or a smart watch, or any other similar device.

[0089] According to an embodiment herein, the network 104 between the portable computing device 102 and the cloud server 105 is a local area network or a wide area network or a personal area network or a mobile or telephone network or the Internet or an intranet or any combination of these. The network 104 have physical layers and transport layers according to IEEE 802.11, Ethernet or other wireless or wire-based communication standards and protocols such as Wi-Max, Bluetooth, mobile telephone and data protocols, a public switched telephone network, a proprietary communications network, infrared, and optical.

[0090] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device provides a user interface (UI) with a plurality of icons that represents end to end information about the crop. The icons on the home page represent specific information about a crop such as wheat, pomegranate, grapes, chilly, coffee, banana, onion, tea, cotton, rice, sugarcane, sunflower, groundnut, potato, tomato, corn, papaya, coconut, pigeon pea, tobacco and so on. The portable computing device 100 also provides specific applications for dairy farming, sheep farming, sericulture, and so on. The portable computing device 101 is configured to allow the farmer 103 to select the icon through a key pad of the mobile device or a touch input.

[0091] According to an embodiment herein, each icon on the home page further comprises sub icons that represent specific information about the crop. Each sub icon represent specific crop information such as varieties of the crop, plantation details, plant protection, irrigation information, quantity of fertilizers to be used, micro nutrients required, diseases, harvesting and post harvesting techniques, and so on.

[0092] According to an embodiment herein, each sub icon further comprises a plurality of icons that represent detailed information about the specific feature of the crop. For example, the 'diseases' sub icon of sugarcane crop comprises icons that represent a plurality of diseases of the sugarcane crop such as eye spot, grassy shoot, mosaic, pine apple, red rot, rust, smut, wilt, early shoot borer and so on.

[0093] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device 102 is configured to provide end to end crop specific information to the farmers 103 with audio visual support in regional languages.

[0094] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device 102 is configured to provide crop information to the farmers 103 in the absence of internet services. [0095] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device 102 is configured to provide decision support to the farmers 103 while choosing the variety of crop to be grown, amount of fertilizer to be used, risk mitigation, post harvesting techniques, and operating the pump set remotely.

[0096] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device 102 is configured to provide instant pricing analytics and break even analysis for a crop based on the information given by a farmer 103.

[0097] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device 102 is configured to provide reminders to the farmers 103 regarding irrigation control, drip control, spray control, and package of practices and the like.

[0098] According to an embodiment herein, the application 102 is configured to guide the farmers 103 about the usage of growth hormones, fertilizers and pesticides and so on while harvesting the crops.

[0099] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device 102 is configured to provide vaccination schedule to the dairy farmers 103 for livestock such as cattle, goat, and sheep and so on.

[00100] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device 102 is configured to provide on demand weather services or details of climatic elements like sunlight, altitude of the farm land to a farmer 103. According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device 100 is configured to enable the farmer 103 to operate a pump set remotely using the GUI based end to end agriculture information application. [00101] According to an embodiment herein, the portable computing device is configured to allow the farmers to select certain crops and download the details of the crops to the mobile device. The portable computing device is further configured to allow the farmer to share the details to the other farmers through suitable communication media such as a Bluetooth transfer or Wi-Fi transfer or flash transfer.

[00102] According to an embodiment herein, the database 105a of the cloud server 105 is configured to store the information and statistics of all agriculture crops and dairy farming sectors. The information includes basic details about the crop, varieties available, plantation details, plant protection details, irrigation information, amount of fertilizers required, micronutrients deficiency, and diseases occurred, harvesting and post harvesting techniques and the like.

[00103] According to an embodiment herein, as the farmer 103 uses the portable computing device 102, the usage pattern is tracked and pushed to cloud server 105 periodically through SMS or internet. The analytics and decision making module 105b of the cloud server 105 is configured to capture and analyze the crop information and usage patterns of the farmers. Further, the analytics and decision making module 105b is configured to determine the economics and statistics of all the crops and updates the database 105a accordingly.

[00104] According to one embodiment, the application is configured to provide alerts to the farmers on specific notification through a push message or Short Media Message (SMS). In an example, a specific seasonal pest alert for Sugarcane will be sent as a "Text SMS" to Sugarcane application users in the form of general SMS which is further posted into inbox of Sugarcane application users. Thus, the existing SMS gateway technology is used to push relevant messages to the application users.

[00105] According to an embodiment herein, a farmer's usage pattern include information related to disease in Onion. The business Analytics and intelligence module is configured to correlate the usage pattern with various ancillary data like area of cultivation, weather data and the like through analytical methodologies like Regression technique. Further, the business Analytics and intelligence module is configured to predict the impact of pricing in Onion based on the analyzed data, and share the predicted information with other farmers.

[00106] FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of the portable computing device 102, providing integrated crop management and agricultural information, according to an embodiment herein. The portable computing device 102 for assisting farmers and crop management includes hardware processor 203 coupled to the memory 205 containing instructions configured for executing an application on a mobile device for integrated crop management. The portable computing device 102 further includes the crop management module configured 206 run on a hardware processor and configured to provide crop management information, and wherein the crop management information comprises crop related information, agricultural procedures, planting methods, available varieties, disease information, disease management data, nutrient information, parts-per million (PPM) calculator, irrigation management information, and post harvesting technology information for a selected crop. The portable computing device 102 further includes the fertilizer calculator 207 run on a hardware and configured to estimate the amount of fertilizer required for a crop. The portable computing device includes the business analytics and intelligence module (Business Analytics module) 208 run on a hardware processor and configured to identify a disease patterns and crop usage patterns of selected crop to predict an impact on pricing and to provide a graphical view of the disease patterns and usage patterns of the selected crop. The portable computing device includes a GPS module 202 for providing location information. The portable computing device further includes a purchase portal 210 configured to connect the farmer to a plurality of agricultural product suppliers, to enable a farmer to purchase agricultural products. The agricultural products include seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides. The purchase portal 210 further enables a farmer to purchase agricultural products. The crop management module 206 is further configured to provide a user interface with a plurality of icons related to crop information. The application installed in the portable computing device is configured to provide information related to agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, and irrigation management.

[00107] According to one embodiment, the application is configured to provide alerts to the farmers on specific notification through a push message or Short Media Message (SMS). In an example, a specific seasonal pest alert for Sugarcane will be sent as a "Text SMS" to Sugarcane application users in the form of general SMS which is further posted into inbox of Sugarcane application users. Thus, the existing SMS gateway technology is used to push relevant messages to the application users.

[00108] According to an embodiment herein, a farmer's usage pattern include information related to disease in Onion. The business Analytics and intelligence module is configured to correlate the usage pattern with various ancillary data like area of cultivation, weather data and the like through analytical methodologies like Regression technique. Further, the business Analytics and intelligence module is configured to predict the impact of pricing in Onion based on the analysed data, and share the predicted information with other farmers.

[00109] FIG. 3 illustrates a flow chart explaining a method of providing integrated agricultural information through portable computing device of the farmers, According to an embodiment herein. According to an embodiment herein, a method executed on a portable computing device comprising a processor and a memory to provide integrated crop management solution comprises downloading an application for integrated crop management from an agri-pole device (301). The agri-pole device is a server of agriculture service provider. Further, crop management information is provided by a crop management module (302). The crop management information comprises crop related information, agricultural procedures, planting methods, available varieties, disease information, disease management data, nutrient information, parts-per million (PPM) calculator, irrigation management information, and post harvesting technology information for a selected crop. The amount of fertilizer required for a crop is estimated by a fertilizer calculator (303). A disease pattern and crop usage patterns of selected crop are identified by a business analytics and intelligence module to predict an impact on pricing and to provide a graphical view of the disease patterns and usage patterns of the selected crop (304). A purchase portal is provided on the portable computing device for connecting the farmer with a plurality of agricultural product suppliers, to enable a farmer to purchase agricultural products, and wherein the agricultural products comprise seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides (305). The application is configured to provide information related to agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, and irrigation management. Further, a user interface is provided with a plurality of icons related to crop information by the crop management module.

[00110] According to an embodiment herein, the farmer connects the mobile device to the cloud server through the network and selects a preferred language and a crop from a list. Further, the farmer downloads the end to end crop specific agriculture information application from the cloud server. The farmer launches the application by clicking or selecting the icon appeared on the mobile screen. The application is configured to allow farmer to enter the details including name, location, and submits the details to the cloud server.

[00111] According to an embodiment herein, a cloud server is communicably connected to the portable computing device. The cloud server comprises an analytics module, a push notification module, an e-commerce portal, and a database. The analytics module is configured to provide analytics on crop related information such as disease patterns, usage patterns. The push notification module configured to send push messages related to crops and agriculture procedures. The e-commerce portal configured to provide a listing of agricultural supplies and crops available for purchase. The database is configured for storing details of a user and preferred configuration settings for the application.

[00112] The application is configured to navigate the farmer to a home page. The home page of the application comprises a plurality of icons that represents end to end information about the selected crop. The icons on the home page represent specific information about a crop such as wheat, pomegranate, grapes, chilly, coffee, banana, onion, tea, cotton, rice, sugarcane, sunflower, groundnut, potato, tomato, corn, papaya, coconut, pigeon pea, tobacco and so on. The application allows the farmer to select an icon through a key pad of the mobile device or a touch input. Each icon provides information about crop varieties, plantation details, protection techniques, and quantity of fertilizers, micronutrients deficiency, diseases occurred, and post-harvesting techniques and so on.

[00113] An icon n the UI is selected to browses through the information required for the crop. Further, the application is configured to display the information relating to the crop on the screen of the mobile device. For example, when the farmer selects 'diseases' sub icon of sugarcane crop, the application navigates the farmer to another page that displays information about a plurality of diseases of the sugarcane crop such as eye spot, grassy shoot, mosaic, pine apple, red rot, rust, smut, wilt, early shoot borer and the like. [00114] According to an embodiment herein, the farmer also downloads the application through pear to pear transfer using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi transfer or flash transfer or share it and so on in the absence of internet. After downloading the application, the farmer installs the application in the mobile device.

[00115] According to one embodiment, the application is configured to provide alerts to the farmers on specific notification through a push message or Short Media Message (SMS). In an example, a specific seasonal pest alert for Sugarcane will be sent as a "Text SMS" to Sugarcane application users in the form of general SMS which is further posted into inbox of Sugarcane application users. Thus, the existing SMS gateway technology is used to push relevant messages to the application users.

[00116] According to an embodiment herein, a farmer's usage pattern include information related to disease in Onion. The business Analytics and intelligence module is configured to correlate the usage pattern with various ancillary data like area of cultivation, weather data and the like through analytical methodologies like Regression technique. Further, the business Analytics and intelligence module is configured to predict the impact of pricing in Onion based on the analysed data, and share the predicted information with other farmers.

[00117] FIG. 4 is an exemplary illustration of a user interface of the portable computing device, According to an embodiment herein. The portable computing device provides end to end agriculture information displaying a plurality of icons about a sugarcane crop. With respect to FIG. 4, the portable computing device displays a plurality of icons that provide information in detail about harvesting the sugar cane crop. The plurality of icons include brief introduction about sugarcane crop, varieties of sugarcane crop, plantation information, plant protection information, irrigation information, fertilizer calculator, micronutrients, diseases, harvesting techniques, and post harvesting techniques and so on.

[00118] FIG. 5 is an exemplary illustration of a user interface of the portable computing device, According to an embodiment herein. With respect to FIG.5, the portable computing device displays a plurality of icons that provide detailed information about diseases of the sugar cane crop. The icons display a plurality of diseases of the sugarcane crop such as eye spot, grassy shoot, mosaic, pine apple, red rot, rust, smut, wilt, early shoot borer and so on. Upon selecting each icon, the application further displays detailed information about each disease of the sugarcane crop.

[00119] The embodiments herein provide a system that provides end to end crop specific information for agriculture crop, horticulture crop and animal husbandry information to the farmers using audio visual support in regional languages. Hence the semi-literate or illiterate farmers easily understands the crop information. The system includes a portable computing device loaded with a mobile application that helps the farmers to choose a suitable and correct variety of crop, an appropriate amount of fertilizer, risk mitigation, post harvesting techniques, and operating the pump set remotely. As a result, the farmers does not use excessive fertilizers and chemicals thereby reducing the cost of cultivation. The mobile application also provides an instant pricing analytics and break even analysis to the farmers and helps the farmers to choose right crop for cultivation. The collected database from the farmers are shared with govt, departments, seed companies, pest manufacturers and agriculture products marketing and selling firms.

[00120] The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the embodiments herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments without departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Therefore, while the embodiments herein have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments herein can be practiced with modifications.

[00121] Although the embodiments herein are described with various specific embodiments, it will be obvious for a person skilled in the art to practice the embodiments herein with and without modifications.