Role of Contemporary Techniques in Agriculture Development: A Systematic Review

Gone are the days when agriculture was said to be a profession of uneducated people who used only basic mechanical tools to survive. Use of technology in agriculture has transformed it into a high-tech, smart and efficient business. The abrupt increase in population has pushed the efficiency of agriculture activities to achieve higher and better yield from given set of resources. In this paper, a comprehensive survey on the role of contemporary techniques used in agricultural development is presented. Various aspects of smart agriculture involving the use of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) to gather information, big data analysis for processing the collected information, Internet of Things (IOT) framework for communication, image processing techniques and mobile phone application developed for agriculture are discussed. Landmark studies published in each of these related fields are also presented.