AgriSense - Smart Farming Assistant Using IoT and Artificial Intelligence

Modern agriculture faces unprecedented challenges due to climate change, water scarcity, and the increasing demand for food security. "AgriSense" is an intelligent farming assistant designed to bridge the gap between traditional agricultural practices and precision farming through the integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The proposed system utilizes a Raspberry Pi-based edge gateway to collect real-time data from soil moisture, temperature, and humidity sensors. By employing a multimodal AI approach, AgriSense leverages Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks for predictive irrigation and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) for early-stage crop disease detection. A Flask-based web dashboard provides farmers with a centralized interface for real-time monitoring and automated control. Experimental results and literature reviews indicate that such integrated systems can improve irrigation efficiency by up to 30%, increase crop yields by 20-30%, and achieve disease detection accuracies exceeding 90%. AgriSense offers a scalable, low-cost solution for smallholder farmers to optimize resource utilization and enhance sustainable agricultural productivity.