Role of IT for smarter agriculture

The intention is to deliver a solution oriented by Asset/Work management for Agriculture Industry, integrating operations and maintenance in order to improve agricultural productivity and make efficient use of natural resources (water, land, etc.). It comprises new IOC and Maximo functionalities, embedded ILOG Visualization Enterprise(JViews) for operational activities, ODM to manage incoming sensor's data, Cognos for reporting, Geo Spatial and integration points between those products (varying of data, process or user interface, depending of needed). * It still under analysis if ILog JViews Maps can replace ESRI for GIS or if they can be combined. Any recommendation is welcome. Value: Improve agricultural productivity, efficient usage of natural resources and reduction on the farming on the environment which can be a new market for IBM. Solution to Problem 2 Data collection for Desalination of water for irrigation The project collects a stream of real-time data on water quality, aquaculture, chemical content, all intended to inform and support not only major policy decisions, but also a host of industries in and around India