Automated planning and monitoring of farming activities (planting, irrigation, harvesting)

Purpose

1.1. Enable real-time, automated management and oversight of all on-farm activities—planting schedules, irrigation routines, and harvesting timelines.
1.2. Link field data, weather intelligence, classroom curriculum, and labor management.
1.3. Automate notifications, reporting, and step-by-step task assignment for students and staff.
1.4. Capture compliance, optimize resource use, and facilitate digital supervision for agricultural projects.
1.5. Integrate and synchronize data from equipment sensors, IoT devices, mobile apps, and cloud services to support data-driven agricultural education.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Scheduled start/end of agricultural tasks (e.g., calendar dates for sowing/harvest).
2.2. IoT sensor events (soil moisture, weather station, equipment operation).
2.3. Submission of updates via mobile forms or apps by students or staff.
2.4. Weather API warnings (e.g., upcoming rain triggers irrigation halt).
2.5. Completion or delay notifications from linked task or project management platforms.

Platform Variants

3.1. Google Calendar
• API: Primary event creation endpoint, configured for planting/harvesting schedules.
3.2. Microsoft Power Automate
• Flow: Scheduled trigger + SharePoint/Outlook integration, auto-reminders for planting/irrigation tasks.
3.3. Zapier
• Zap: Google Sheets trigger → SMS/email alerts via Twilio/Mailgun.
3.4. IFTTT
• Applet: Weather Underground rain alert → smart irrigation relay ON/OFF via webhook.
3.5. Twilio
• Messaging API: Send SMS to student teams on fieldwork assignments.
3.6. SendGrid
• Mail Send API: Email daily task summaries and reminders.
3.7. Trello
• Cards API: Auto-create cards for each planting/harvesting activity, assign to teams.
3.8. Airtable
• Automation: Scheduled run creates/update records for activity logs, triggers alerts.
3.9. Notion
• Database API: Log planting progress, auto-tag tasks as “Due” based on date fields.
3.10. Slack
• Incoming Webhooks: Real-time channel notifications for critical events (pump failures, etc).
3.11. Monday.com
• Automations: Date arrives trigger, notify assigned users, update project phases.
3.12. Salesforce
• Process Builder: Auto-add educational tasks to Agri projects in CRM, escalate delays.
3.13. AWS IoT Core
• Rule engine: If soil moisture low, trigger Lambda to alert/activate pump.
3.14. IBM Watson IoT
• Event Processor: Device status changes → webhook POST to instruction service.
3.15. ThingSpeak
• Channel Webhook: If threshold breached (humidity, soil temp), signal via push notification.
3.16. Asana
• Task creation endpoint: Recurring project tasks for crop stages, notify users.
3.17. Pipedream
• Workflow: Agricultural API data → Google Sheet update + Slack announcement.
3.18. Google Sheets
• OnEdit trigger: New activity row auto-generates email/SMS to supervisors.
3.19. Webflow
• Forms API: Student-reported progress integrates to central project dashboard.
3.20. Microsoft Teams
• Bot Framework: Auto-message team on equipment checks, schedule updates.
3.21. Azure Logic Apps
• Timer/HTTP trigger: Pull weather/spatial data, update school agri-dashboard.
3.22. Smartsheet
• Automation rule: Row change initiates notifications and log entries for fieldwork.
3.23. Jira
• REST API: Create/update issues per planting/harvest cycle, assign to agri teams.

Benefits

4.1. Ensures reliability and transparency for all agricultural activities.
4.2. Minimizes manual oversight, reduces human error.
4.3. Provides real-world technology exposure and digital skills for students.
4.4. Enables timely intervention for weather or equipment issues.
4.5. Increases project data integrity, reporting accuracy, and learning outcomes.
4.6. Expands capability to manage larger/more complex agricultural projects with limited resources.