Project

The SMART-PADDY project aims at developing a wireless sensor network of low-cost EC measurement nodes that will monitor, in real-time, the water salinity levels to enable cultivators to effectively manage and protect their paddy fields. A prototype of the system will be tested at different end-user grow cultivation sites. Extensive laboratory trials will be carried out to ensure the reliability and functionality of the wireless system, to categories its energy harvesting capabilities and to confirm its sensory qualities.

The project is a response to the demand of rice cultivators for an autonomous intelligent system that would permit them to have real-time information of their fields without having to be physically there.

By developing the SMART-PADDY system, this project hopes to balance new consumer demands, enabling them to waste less water to irrigate their fields and therefore increasing their profit.

 SMART-PADDY is a 2-year R&D project funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the EC under the “Research for SMEs” sub-programme.