Avanijal Agri Automation

The problem
Sub-optimal Irrigation, Nutrients and Climate
conditions leading to Low income/crop yield

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water Climate Nutrient Labour Electricity
Low income
 Challenges faced

Farmers
○ Low and inconsitent income/yield
○ Lack of agrcultural labour
○ Sub-optimial use of water and nutrient/fertilizer
○ Lack of and erratic electricity

Organizations
○ Lack of data on crop yield and quality, before hand
○ Lack of data on wether/climate conditions in case of insurers

Government
○ Lack of data to provide support to farmers in terms inputs like
right water, nutrients, pesticide
Water
Composite Water Index

Source: Composite Water

Management Index, NITI Aayog,
June 2018
Water Stress

Source: Composite Water

Management Index, NITI Aayog,
June 2018
Demand and Supply of Water ... 2030

Source: Composite Water Management Index, NITI

Aayog, June 2018
Area Covered with Micro Irrigation

Source:, NITI Aayog,

 Energy
(Electric Power to Pump)
 Electricity Demand from Agriculture

Agriculture’s demand on the electricity is 17.8% of

the total demand in 2012. Will be 15% of total
demand in 2023 and 10% in 2047
Source: NITI Aayog
Farmer
Farmer Income

Source: NITI Aayog

Gross GPD growth vs Agriculture GDP growth

Source: NITI Aayog

Yield
 Crop productivity recommendations

- Diversify towards higher value crops

- Increase crop intensity (More than one crop
in the same land)

Source: NITI Aayog

Water Use Efficiency Improvement
and How Avanijal can Help

Source: NITI Aayog

Improvement Area
Impact of over-irrigation – Crop Yield
decrease, Water can be saved

Figure 1. Corn yield response to different levels

of irrigation, including an over-irrigated plot
(irrigations were replenished at 125 percent of
the actual crop water use rate,
evapotranspiration) at the University of
Nebraska–Lincoln, South Central Agricultural
Laboratory near Clay Center, Neb. Plots were
irrigated using a subsurface drip irrigation
system.
High level percolation in Sandy soil
What can be done?
 Improving Water Use Efficiency

◍ Measure water used

◍ Surface water (Canal/River/Lake) as source can be used very
efficiently for co-operative/community based agriculture – Efficient
centralized pumps can used, water can be rationed based on
availability
◍ Ground water – Need to be measured and appropriate advisory can
be given for the right crop/water usage. Water can also be pumped
to a agriculture pond incase the borewells sponred by the
government. Pond can be used for distribution of water to multiple
farmers
◍ Soil based water scheduling – This can reduce the evaporation by
15-20%
◍ Soil Moisture and Weather based recommendation – This can
reduced the water usage by 15-20%
 Improving Energy Use Efficiency

◍ Centralized water distrbution

■ Can use very efficient pumps
◍ Collecting the irrigation schedue and
managing them centrally helps in
load management which will
enhance effiency and avoid
overloading of grids
◍ Use pumps with duals source
(Solar/Grid) for reducing load on grid
 Improving Crop Yield

◍ Crop yield improvement and Increase in Farmer Income

○ Precision irrigation based on Crop, Crop age, Soil type,
Weather
○ Will provide precision Nutrient management in second
phase – This will also reduce the cost of fertilizer
○ Will provide pest and disease management alerts in third
phase – This will help in reducing the losses
 Technology solution

IoT/AI
Cellular data

Android App

Cellular data
/Wifi
Cellular /
Wifi

Avanijal

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Controller
Wire/Wireless
Wire/Wireles
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 SMS/Notification on Water level sensor data
from cloud to phone/computer terminal
Cloud
Water level sensor data

User starts and stops irrigation

Moisutre data

Avanijal
Controller
Valve is controlled by the controller for the
requirement amount of time

Water level sensor

Farm
River/Canal

Pond
 Remote
Monitoring IBM
and Watson IoT
Control

3 phase or DC Fertilizer
2G/3G/4G
from Solar Panel Tank

GSM

Avanijal Soil
Voltage/Current Controller moisture
Monitoring
sensor
saves Motor burn-out

Press. Flow
Sand Filter
Switch meter

Wired connectivity
Flush Valve
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 Remote
Monitoring
Cloud
and
Control

3 phase or DC Fertilizer
2G/3G/4G
from Solar Panel Tank

GSM

Avanijal Soil
Voltage/Current Controller moisture
Monitoring
sensor
saves Motor burn-out

Press. Flow
Sand Filter
Switch meter

Wireless connectivity
Flush Valve
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 CROP MONITORING

Crop Health and Moisture on Day1

Crop Health and Moisture on Day 10

Sensor options
◍Soil ◍Ambient

○ Spectrum ○ Temperature &

SME100 or Humidity-
equivalent Campbell
scientific -
EE181-L or
equivalent

○ Wind velocity -
○ Spectrum Campbell
Watermark Soil scientific -
Moisture 03101-L Wind
Sensors Sentry
Anemometer or
equivalent
 Value proposition

◍ Paddy
●AWD method will save 15-30% water in many
countries. Studies in Vietnam have shown that apart
from saving water, it also increased the yield by
15%.
◍Drip Irrigated Crops – Saves 70% over flood irrigation
◍IoT Based Smar irrigtion
●Water saving 15-25% \
●Energy Saving 15-25%
●Labor saving in Irrigation – 50%
●Crop Yield Improvement – 20%
 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES

Works on AC and DC Variety of sensors – Mobile app – Schedule

Wide Voltage range Precision, Safety, Support Monitor, Get Alerts
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Data logging on controller Multi user with security

and cloud for Analytics,
Satellite imaging
Adaptable to existing
irrigation conditions
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and practices
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 Why Avanijal Controller ?
◍ Support 32 actuators, up to 4 motors, 4 channel venturi and 4 filters.
◍ Green House irrigation and cooling management
◍ Runs directly on 3 Phase (325-480 AV/250-480V AC) or Directly on Solar panel
power (DC) for solar pump installations
◍ Protection of whole irrigation system, Motor, Valve and Pipeline (low/high prz)
◍ Voltage, Current, Power and Water usage measurements
◍ Multi motor and valve grouping support
◍ Supports multi pipeline for big and multi user for small farmers
◍ Built-in diagnostics, remote management and on-the-air software upgrade.
◍ Easy upgradable from basic to high end system both h/w and s/w.
◍ Satellite imaging (AI) based analytics and irrigation (testing).
◍ Real-time irrigation data/warning and logging in the controller for basic users
◍ Irrigation data log and analytics on cloud server and actionable feed back
◍ Making automation system portable through on-farm wireless
◍ Easy to use mobile app based scheduling, monitor and warning
◍ Adaptable to Indian farming conditions and practices
◍ Design : No stabilizer, scheduling and irrigation data and easy to use
◍ Best price/feature
◍ Patent pending product
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 TEAM

Channabasappa Kolar – Vijayeendra H S –

Managing Director Director

Founding team brings expertise in engineering and agriculture.

More than 50 years of combined experience in Hardware and Software engineering. Lived and
worked in USA for many years. Team is well networked in the industry to leverage various
technical skills available in the market.
 thanks!
Any questions?

You can find us at:

@avanijal
vijayeendra@avanijal.com
cbkolar@avanijal.com