AGROATM-Innovative Agricultural Vending Machine to Provide Fair Price to Farmers Using IoT

Abstract

In India, the heavily on the agriculture, however, the farmers often struggle to obtain the fair price for their products due to the middleman inefficiency in the supply chain. To address this particular issue and this imbalance in the system, this paper proposes AgroATM, an Internet of Things-enabled vending machine, which is designed to dispense repackaged agricultural products directly to the consumer. This system uses touchscreen for ordering, QR-based payments for digital payments, and solar-powered hardware, as well as remote monitoring, to create an affordable and secure sales channel. The primary concept of this particular project is to design and implement a smart vending system along with packaging technology and payment strength, which can support improved farmer income and reduce the food waste, thereby enhancing consumer convenience, which is discussed in this paper along with the future direction. The ESP32 based system with touch screen interface is introduced which can be used by farmers to sell products directly to end customers eliminating the middle men.