| dc.description.abstract | The paddy industry in Sri Lanka continues to be essential to both rural livelihoods and
national food security. Small and medium-sized farmers deal with a number of ongoing
issues, such as poor scheduling of farm operations, inconsistent fertilizer use, ineffective
communication with agricultural officers, and restricted access to real-time weather
and advisory information. This study presents GreenHarvest, a role-based agrarian
information and notification platform to maximize paddy cultivation in Sri Lanka,
in order to address aforementioned problems. Weather forecasting, calendar-based
task scheduling, fertilizer requirement calculation, and a farmer specific notification
service are all integrated into the system. The project employs Google Maps API for
location tracking, Microsoft SQL Server as the database, and.NET for both frontend
and backend development, GreenHarvest enables smooth communication between
agrarian officers and farmers. Paddy farmers in Kuliyapitiya participated in a pilot
study that assessed the system’s usability, accuracy, efficacy, and satisfaction. The
results demonstrated high user satisfaction and significant gains in yield management
and operational efficiency were demonstrated by the results. This study indicates that
GreenHarvest is a practical digital solution that can improve decision-making, expedite
agricultural advisory services, and assist Sri Lanka’s shift to a paddy cultivation model
that is more sustainable, and data driven. | en_US |
