Revolutionizing Kitchen Gardening: A Comprehensive AIoT System for Organic Crop Automation and Plant Health Monitoring

In recent years, health and culinary perceptions have shifted significantly due to the decreased time spent shopping for and growing fresh, organic vegetables at home. This shift has raised concerns about the accessibility and quality of fresh produce. This paper presents the design of a kitchen tabletop garden for organic crop farming using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) for home setups. The proposed IoT system is engineered to monitor and control the environment to enhance plant growth. It is equipped to irrigate and identify weeds and diseases affecting plants, ensuring a steady and reliable source of fresh organic produce. It is integrated with a user-friendly web-based interface to the system design, facilitating easy operation and supervision. This research also identifies MobileNetV2 as the optimal model for each use case by evaluating multiple models to determine the best fit for low-power, low-computation IoT devices. The proposed model using MobileNetV2 outperformed the existing model by 10% in terms of accuracy.