Solar Agro Savior: Smart Agricultural Monitoring Using Drones and Deep Learning Techniques

Manu Mundappat Ramachandran, Bisni Fahad Mon, Mohammad Hayajneh (), Najah Abu Ali and Elarbi Badidi
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Manu Mundappat Ramachandran: Department of Computer Science, Ministry of Education, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 295, United Arab Emirates
Bisni Fahad Mon: Department of Computer & Network Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates
Mohammad Hayajneh: Department of Computer & Network Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates
Najah Abu Ali: Department of Computer & Network Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates
Elarbi Badidi: Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates

Agriculture, 2025, vol. 15, issue 15, 1-25

Abstract: The Solar Agro Savior (SAS) is an innovative solution that is assisted by drones for the sustainable utilization of water and plant disease observation in the agriculture sector. This system integrates an alerting mechanism for humidity, moisture, and temperature variations, which affect the plants’ health and optimization in water utilization, which enhances plant yield productivity. A significant feature of the system is the efficient monitoring system in a larger region through drones’ high-resolution cameras, which enables real-time, efficient response and alerting for environmental fluctuations to the authorities. The machine learning algorithm, particularly recurrent neural networks, which is a pioneer with agriculture and pest control, is incorporated for intelligent monitoring systems. The proposed system incorporates a specialized form of a recurrent neural network, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), which effectively addresses the vanishing gradient problem. It also utilizes an attention-based mechanism that enables the model to assign meaningful weights to the most important parts of the data sequence. This algorithm not only enhances water utilization efficiency but also boosts plant yield and strengthens pest control mechanisms. This system also provides sustainability through the re-utilization of water and the elimination of electric energy through solar panel systems for powering the inbuilt irrigation system. A comparative analysis of variant algorithms in the agriculture sector with a machine learning approach was also illustrated, and the proposed system yielded 99% yield accuracy, a 97.8% precision value, 98.4% recall, and a 98.4% F1 score value. By encompassing solar irrigation and artificial intelligence-driven analysis, the proposed algorithm, Solar Argo Savior, established a sustainable framework in the latest agricultural sectors and promoted sustainability to protect our environment and community.

Keywords: smart agriculture; sustainable farming; recurrent neural network (RNN); Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM); attention mechanism; drone-based monitoring; Solar Agro Savior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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