In this hackathon, sponsored by the Indian Space Research Organization, we built a recommendation system for farmers to provide actionable advice on the crops that would be ideal based on the location, rainfall and soil time-series data. The data required for this forecasting system would be taken from varied sources such as ISRO MOSDAC, ISRO Vedas, each having different characteristics. Designing a system that would take into account the various parameters gave an insight into topics like multivariate time-series systems.
The prototype presented the 4th prize at the competition, which motivated us to apply for a grant to the Department of Science and Technology.