Low Crop Yield in Agriculture MSCS Ahmed Hussain MSCS Muhammad Tayyab MSCS Umair Iftikhar MSCS Nayyar Ahmed MSCS Waseem Rasool Agricultural productivity is measured as the ratio of agricultural outputs to agriculture inputs.

Identification of the Problem Low crop yield in Agriculture

Sub Problems Old farming techniques Irrigation scheduling Lack of agriculture Research Inappropriate Moisture level Sowing time Time of fertilization Poor governance in controlling supply of standard pesticides and fertilizers

Stakeholder Analysis Farmers and their agents Agriculture Researchers Agricultural suppliers and services Seed Experts

In-context immersion & community driven research Visited village and Agriculture institute of University of Punjab. Spoke to Agricultural supplier (Fertilizer and pesticide supplier)

Personas and Scenario Farmers didn’t have enough money to invest Farmers working on traditional methods Agriculture researchers New comers to farming Farmers posses less than 5 acres land Progressive farmers Farmers willing to use technology

Problem Framing Tree

Impact Innovation Matrix 1.Awareness and Counseling 2.Telling Importance and Benefits to Farmers 3.Cheap Soil Moisture Level Detector a. GSM Based SMLD b. Smart Phone based SMLD c. Simple One Item based SMLD 4.Automatic Irrigation System 5.Government Involvement

Final Problem statement Farmers don’t have the cheap device to measure the moisture level of soil. Our aim is to design a cheap and easy to use moisture level detector for farmer.