4. Conclusion
The fuzzy logic system developed in this research as part of the Decision Support System, concentrates on maximizing crop productivity while minimizing fertilizer usage. This study inspects the fuzzy logic based decision making for designing crop cultivation procedures for cultivating horticulture crops, based on the climatic parameters along with soil properties. The real time effects on ground have been examined in this paper and have been found to reflect the literature. The fuzzy rules were defined with in-situ information and further improvised using suggestions from industry experts. The DSS affirms that systems can be developed to maximize crop productivity based on fuzzy logic by carefully considering soil profile, water quality, primary, secondary and micro nutrient availability, seasonal factors and pest incidence. The actual end user of the project is Director Horticulture officer, District Administration through respective soil specialist and agronomist. The proposed system resulted in four times improvement in the BCR in addition to reduction of fertilizer consumption by 8 times. The system is expected to take shape as a handheld device for the farmers in the future with the help of embedded system and VLSI technology.