Tejasvi Dogra, a lawyer, is experimenting with his apple orchard in Madavag in Himachal Pradesh by irrigating, controlling the temperature of his orchard from a phone
A button pressed on a smartphone in Shimla activates the sprinkler irrigation system in an apple orchard nearly 100 kms away in Himachal Pradesh. Besides the irrigation facility, the mobile application installed on the smartphone helps to control temperature, humidity and also monitors any trespassing activities in the orchard located in Madavag village of the state, which is also known as one of the richest villages in Asia.
A conventional method would demand the physical presence of doing multiple farming activities to ensure the growth of crops. However, Tejasvi Dogra, a lawyer, has made use of technology to be able to work on his farm remotely. “I practice law in Shimla, and it is not possible for me…