Smart Agriculture: Spatial Context-Based Nutrient Prediction and Crop-Fertilizer Recommendations Using Remote Sensing and Soil Health Data
摘要
Traditional soil testing methods, while reliable, are often time-consuming and costly for large-scale applications. This study proposes a machine learning–based approach to predict essential soil nutrients in Karnataka, India, using Landsat-8/9 satellite imagery and soil health card data. We developed the KSHSID dataset with 168,000 location-specific instances combining soil and satellite features across districts. To enhance prediction, both global geolocation and local neighborhood context were incorporated. Three models–K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP), and Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LightGBM)–were evaluated. LightGBM outperformed others, showing the benefits of integrating remote sensing with contextual data. The model achieved strong regression performance with