Pest and disease alert notifications based on sensor data or regional alerts

Purpose

1.1. Detect and alert staff, students, or stakeholders about pest and disease risks in agricultural projects using automated notifications.
1.2. Leverage data from IoT sensors (soil, weather, leaf wetness, image analysis) and integrate with real-time regional pest/disease bulletins.
1.3. Minimize crop loss and improve educational outcomes by providing early warnings and recommended actionable steps.
1.4. Escalate alerts, log response actions, and provide audit trails for compliance and reporting.
1.5. Enable data-driven decision making and document alerts for teaching and evaluation purposes.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Receipt of sensor data breaching configurable thresholds (humidity, temperature, soil moisture, image patterns).
2.2. API pull of new pest/disease alerts from state/regional agricultural departments or meteorological services.
2.3. Integration with external weather/platform events (forecasted rain, temperature spikes tied to pest emergence).
2.4. Scheduled polling every set interval (e.g., every hour or daily based on project scope).
2.5. Manual override (teacher/admin flags a possible risk needing broadcast).

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio
• Feature/Setting: SMS API — configure messaging service, set triggers to send SMS on condition met/external webhook event.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Email API — set up template emails, trigger via API on alert, customize recipient lists.
3.3. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhook — send adaptive card alerts to specific channels/groups on trigger.
3.4. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhook, Bot Token — post notifications to channels with concise risk alert info.
3.5. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Automate message flow, trigger notifications to teacher/student group lists.
3.6. Google Chat
• Feature/Setting: Webhook integration; push message card on alert, enrich with summary data.
3.7. Pushover
• Feature/Setting: REST API — send mobile push notifications to registered user devices on pest/disease event.
3.8. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Events API v2 — create incidents and configure escalation for critical disease outbreaks.
3.9. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: Import API — generate and assign task tickets when alerts cross defined thresholds.
3.10. Trello
• Feature/Setting: REST API — auto-create cards for project tracking when alerts occur.
3.11. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: API — log alert events, status, and action history for audit trails and reporting.
3.12. Notion
• Feature/Setting: API — create automated pages/alerts in agricultural project workspace.
3.13. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Webhook — automate message delivery to classroom/farm project channels.
3.14. IFTTT
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks — bridge IoT sensor triggers to multiple notification endpoints.
3.15. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Multi-step Zaps — route sensor or API events to email, SMS, app notifications.
3.16. AWS Lambda
• Feature/Setting: Serverless functions — analyze payload, call external APIs, trigger notification.
3.17. Azure Logic Apps
• Feature/Setting: Workflow — connect sensor data ingestion to alert and action response flows.
3.18. Google Cloud Functions
• Feature/Setting: Trigger on event (HTTP), execute alerting logic, post to comms channels.
3.19. Cisco Webex
• Feature/Setting: Webhook — push real-time pest alerts to classroom/project rooms.
3.20. LINE Messaging API
• Feature/Setting: Notify specific user groups with automated message template on disease detection.

Benefits

4.1. Ensures rapid mitigation of risks, reducing potential crop/asset losses.
4.2. Creates consistent, real-time communication for all stakeholders.
4.3. Builds historical data for regulatory, educational, and continuous improvement reviews.
4.4. Supports multi-channel notifications so no one misses critical events.
4.5. Enhances the educational experience with live, context-rich case studies and response documentation.