Fertilizer is an essential component used to provide necessary nutrients to the soil or plant tissues for plant growth. It can be derived from both natural and synthetic sources and is widely used for growing all types of crops. The amount of fertilizer needed depends on the soil's fertility, measured through a soil test, and the specific crop being grown. However, a minimum of 50 kg fertiliser bag has to be purchased by farmers even for a small requirement during farming. In India, there are three generations of seeds recognized by the Seeds Programme: breeder, foundation, and certified seeds. The quality of seeds contributes to about twenty to twenty-five per cent of productivity. Therefore, it is crucial to provide farmers with high-quality seeds for optimal crop yield. The presented machine is an Automated Fertilizer and Seed Vending Machine that dispenses the required amount of fertilizer and seeds, making them easily accessible to the general public in places like Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Agricultural Produce Market etc. The machine has been customised to cater for the need of farmers with both fertiliser and cultivation seed packets that can be easily dispensed using RFID technology. The obtained results for dispensing time is found satisfactory on par with real time machine and the error rate is between 1-2 % for the actual and dispensed quantity.

Agriculture, Dispense, Fertilizer, Seed, Vending