MULTIMODAL EDGE INTELLIGENCE FOR CROP DISEASE DETECTION AND IRRIGATION ADVISORY IN PRECISION AGRICULTURE
Crop losses caused by disease, water stress, and delayed field intervention remain a major challenge for small and medium farmers. Conventional advisory systems often depend on manual inspection or cloud-only diagnosis, which can be slow in rural environments where connectivity is limited. This paper proposes a multimodal edge-intelligence framework that combines leaf-image analysis, soil-moisture sensing, weather context, and lightweight decision rules to provide early crop disease detection and irrigation advisory. The system uses a compact convolutional neural network for visual symptoms and a sensor-fusion module for environmental risk estimation. By running inference near the field, the framework reduces latency and protects farm data while still supporting periodic cloud synchronization. Simulated evaluation shows 91.8% disease classification accuracy, 16.4% water saving, and faster advisory delivery compared with image-only and rule-based baselines.
Kumar, R. (2026). Multimodal Edge Intelligence for Crop Disease Detection and Irrigation Advisory in Precision Agriculture. International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology, 02(05). https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i5.232
Kumar, Raushan. "Multimodal Edge Intelligence for Crop Disease Detection and Irrigation Advisory in Precision Agriculture." International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology, vol. 02, no. 05, 2026, pp. . doi:https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i5.232.
Kumar, Raushan. "Multimodal Edge Intelligence for Crop Disease Detection and Irrigation Advisory in Precision Agriculture." International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology 02, no. 05 (2026). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i5.232.
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