TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION FOR E-Agriculture System for IGPF

 

 

Technical specification

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E-Agriculture System for IGPF

 

 

 

 

 

 

IGPF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global Communication Center

Grameen Communications

 

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Document Name    : Technical Specification

 

Publication Date    : Jan 21, 2010

 

Revision No        : 2.1

 

Revision Date        : Feb 27, 2010

 

Project Name        : Customization of Open Source Application: E-Agriculture

 

System Owner        : IGPF

            : Global Communication Center (GCC), Grameen Communications

 

System Developer    : Global Communication Center (GCC), Grameen Communications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

Revision History    3

Section 1. Introduction    5

1.1.    Background    5

1.2.    Objective    6

1.3.    Expected Results    6

Section 2. System Overview    7

2.1.    Technical Architecture    7

2.2.    Operating Environment    7

2.3.    Platform    7

2.4.    Database    7

2.5.    Communication    8

2.6.    Hardware    9

2.7.    Software    9

Section 3. Business Requirements    10

Section 5. Functional Requirements    11

5.1.    Knowledge Dissemination    11

5.2.    Knowledge Base (FAQ)    12

5.3.    Production Monitoring & Evaluation System    13

5.4.    Communication System between Farmers and Experts (Click 2 Dial)    14

5.5.    Market Information Management System    15

5.6.    Integrating BIGBUS    16

5.7.    Crop-Cycle Gantt Chart    17

Non Functional Requirements    18

Section 6. Glossary    19

 

• Introduction
  

  • Background
    

Objective of this project is to help in dissemination of gathered information to the farmers, mostly lived in rural areas, to use in their routine work. Beside this, it aware those about the upcoming natural disaster, which gives them, time to take necessary steps for possible protection of their products. The information disseminated by e-Agriculture can be divided into several major areas, which is called as services of e-Agriculture. These are:

• Production and Cultivation Techniques
  
• Plant Nutrients and Water Usage
  
• Demands and Current Stock Information
  
• Diseases and Insect Information
  
• Price Information
  

  
   

The Process flow of the whole system is described below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N.B. – RED parts are SIP based

 

Figure 1. Process Flow

• Objective
  

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines - "e-Agriculture" as an emerging field, which combines agricultural informatics, agricultural development and entrepreneurship. These services are provided and enhanced through the Internet and related technologies. This ensures the effective and efficient use of information and communication technologies for analyzing, designing and implementing existing and innovative applications to help the agricultural sector.

 

Objective of this project is to help in dissemination of gathered information to the farmers, mostly lived in rural areas, to use in their routine work. Beside this it aware them about the upcoming natural disaster, which gives them time to take necessary steps for possible protection of their products. The information disseminated by e-Agriculture can be divided into several major areas, which is called as services of e-Agriculture. These are:

 

• Production and Cultivation Techniques
  
• Plant Nutrients and Water Usage
  
• Demands and Current Stock Information
  
• Diseases and Insect Information
  
• Price Information
  

 

Among the above services the first four are directly connected with the production system. To establish e-Agriculture, we outlined the use of spatial database to store agricultural information that varies according to geographic condition, and use of both LBS and Internet to disseminate information through both wired and wireless technology

 

 

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• System Overview
  

  • Technical Architecture
    

 

 

Figure 2. Technical Architecture

• Operating Environment
  

This application only requires Apache Server and MySQL. For the ease of the installation of the application any of the existing free and open source web server packages can be used consisting Apache web server, PHP5 and MySQL5 database like XAMPP (version +1.6).

• Platform
  

As a benefit of using free, open source and cross-platform based PHP programming language there is no constraint to use any specific operating system. But to use the SIP Server (Asterisk) Linux should be used as the operating System.

• Database
  

MySQL5 is used as the database server or backend for the application

• Communication
  

 

 

Figure 3(a). IP-PBX Based Communication

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 3(b). SMS Based Communication

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   5. Hardware
      

• Server PC
  
• GSM Gate Way (four ports)
  
• SIM Card
  
• IP Phone
  
• GSM Phone
  
• GSM Modem
  
• Others (Cable, Hub, Power Points)
  

1. Software
   

• SIP Server (Asterisk)
  
• Message Server (Ozeki)
  
• BIGBUS (integrated with e-A app)
  

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• Business Requirements
  

 

The business requirements include:

• Knowledge Dissemination
  

To disseminate the knowledge to the farmers it needs to develop an agricultural information system for a specific location using spatial database. This knowledge can be provided to the farmers with appropriate queries or keywords using internet or mobile technology.

 

• Knowledge Base
  

Frequently Asked Questions can be used as a knowledge base of the system. The system will share the existing database of Win Inc.

 

• Production Monitoring & Evaluation System
  

With the help this module farmers will be capable to be facilitated with such a interactive facility that the whole production process of a farmer can be monitored by the agro-expert.

 

• Communication System Between Farmers and Experts/Customer
  
  • Farmer and Experts /Customer will be able to communicate through VOIP technology.
    
  • Farmer can call for an expert/Customer for help using this module.
    
  • Expert/Customer can answer the call using soft phone or hard phone.
    

    
     

• Market Information Management System
  

 

• Integrating BIGBUS
  

BIGBUS (BOP Information Generation, Broadcast and Upload System) is IP-based solution using voice navigated web surfing system which will be integrated to the e-agriculture application to work together.

 

• Crop-Cycle Gantt Chart
  
  • Displaying the whole lifeline of a product at a glance through a graph/chart for the help of expert.
    
  • Time line of a particular event in a group with different color to recognize easily.
    
  • Product's production age and year will be displayed on the top of the chart.
    

 

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• Functional Requirements
  

  • Knowledge Dissemination
    

Use case	Knowledge Dissemination System for both Web and SMS
Description	Dissemination of Knowledge/Information of a particular product of a specific season about Product Details Planting Method Pesticide Disease Nutrient Supply Season
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Functionality	User can be delivered information about Product Details, Planting Method, Pesticide, Disease, Nutrient Supply or Season of a particular product on web or through SMS.
Precondition	No precondition is needed.

 

 

 

 

• Knowledge Base (FAQ)
  

Use case	Knowledge Base using Frequent Asked Question-Answer
Description	A knowledge base system which is built sharing the FAQ of external WIN Database.
Actors	All Users
Functionality	Displaying Knowledge/Information of a particular product of a specific season about Product Details Planting Method Pesticide Disease Nutrient Supply Season
Precondition	No precondition needed
Post Condition	User will be facilitated with some flexible facilities. User can view the information of a selected product of a season. User can browse for any of the criteria.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 5. Software Specification of Knowledge Base (FAQ)

 

• Production Monitoring & Evaluation System
  

Use case	Production Monitoring & Evaluation System
Description
Actors	Farmer, Expert
Functionality	Input from Farmer end View by Farmer/Expert Generate Crop Calendar based on product content and farmer's input.
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• Communication System between Farmers and Experts (Click 2 Dial)
  

Use case	Click to Dial (talk to expert /talk to farmer/ talk to customer)
Description	Allows user to directly communicate between experts and farmers and vice versa.
Actors	Expert, farmer, agriculture assistant, customer/buyer
Functionality	Farmer can dial for a call to any expert or agriculture assistant or customer in order to getting help or business. Establishing call from the expert's/customer's end to a specific desired farmer. Hanging up the call from the both end.
Precondition	User must be logged in. Destination should be reachable.
Post Condition     Steps	User can initiate a call if the destination is reachable User in the destination will be notified through web or ring tone from soft phone or hard phone. User of both end can hang-up the call whenever he/she wants.
Communication Interface	This module is built using the SIP protocol of VOIP or IP Telephony technology, which include following components. Open Source Telephony Software Asterisk JavaScript source module using SIP API in the client machine for click to dial. VOIP Soft phone or Hard phone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Market Information Management System
  

Use case	Market Information Manage
Description	Allows user to get better market price using ICT.
Actors	Farmer, Market Agent
Functionality	Input from farmer (price, image, and quantity, date) using web application or mobile which will be displayed to the buyers. Display by farmer/Market Agent. Input from Market Agent (Seller, Product, Requested Quantity, Price, Date, Shipping info). Display by Market Agent/Farmer.
Precondition	User must be logged in.
Post Condition     Steps	Farmers can add/edit/delete product information to his member area. Market Agent can add/edit/delete product information to his member area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Integrating BIGBUS
  

Use case	BOP Information Generation, Broadcast and Upload System
Description	Allows user to surf web or insert/fetch information using voice navigation from a mobile phone.
Actors	Expert, farmer, Customer/Buyer
Functionality	IP-PBX based solution Voice navigated web surfing system. Part of BIGBUS can be achieved
Precondition	BIGBUS is installed.
Post Condition     Steps	Building a Data Migrator using the IVR to access the database.   Determining the voice messages to satisfy the system. Preparing the voice messages for navigation. Developing the data migratory collecting the digit from user input. Deliver the information or updating the database as required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Crop-Cycle Gantt Chart
  

Use case	Crop-Cycle Gantt chart
Description	New approaches to take an over look through a product's whole crop-cycle.
Actors	Farmer and expert
Functionality	Defining a Gantt Chart based on some key data Product Details Planting Method Pesticide Disease Nutrient Supply Season
Precondition	Farmer or Expert must be logged in.
Post Condition     Steps	Mainly experts can be facilitated to take an easy look to the product's crop-cycle to take efficient decision. Every event grouped by major criteria is displayed through a timeline indicating the starting and ending age. The major groups in left panel can be collapsed or expanded as needed. Four groups are represented with different color to be identified easily. Details of all the events can be viewed on mouse over the timeline or group elements of the left panel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non Functional Requirements

Usability

• Functionality should be villager friendly
  
• Should have multi-language support (namely English and Bangla)
  

 

Performance

• The graphical layout of the interface should be minimal in size for better performance
  

 

Technology

• The solution should be compatible in any ways with the current application and its operating environment
  
• The system should be maintained by central database system
  

 

Security

• System and database will be secured
  
• Different types of users will have different access privileges
  
• System will have secured network
  

 

• Glossary
  

  
   

  C2D
  

  Click to Dial
  

  
   

  DB
  

  Database
  

  
   

  IP
  

  Internet Protocol
  

  
   

  RC
  

  Real-time Call
  

  
   

  SIP
  

  Session Initiation Protocol
  

  
   

  SMS
  

  Short Message Service
  

  
   

  VOIP
  

  Voice Over Internet Protocol