• Raj Kumar.U
• Srinivasan.R

In the recent past agriculture as a profession is losing its charm among the farmers. This has been attributed to several reasons; important among them are spiraling cost of inputs coupled with uncertainty in the price of the product. This has been aggravated by non-availability of assured irrigation due to depletion in ground water. This has in turn manifested as distress among the farmers in substantial areas in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala, which are otherwise considered as agriculturally developed areas. A couple of committees have gone into the root cause of distress and suggested that alternate income generating opportunities can be a major remedy for such disappointment among the farming community. Animal husbandry is one such alternative available to such distressed farmers. Azolla, hitherto used mainly as a green manure in paddy has tremendous potential to meet the growing demand for fodder among the small farmers taking up animal husbandry. As green manure, Azolla is grown alone for two to three weeks in flooded fields. To cultivate this water fern plant in urban area, our project will provide an automated farming robot which can be easily maintained in smaller space at cities and apartments. In future, Azolla will become an important food that is replacement for fast and junk foods. Our project will keenly explain the production and cultivation of this manure at urban area with the implementation of automated robot.

Azolla, Automated robot, Urban agriculture

"Ubiquitous Urban Farming Robot", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.115-118, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAK06022.pdf

"Ubiquitous Urban Farming Robot", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp115-118, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAK06022.pdf