Analysis on Air Quality and its Effects on Agriculture

Due to modernization and avid industrialization, there has been a significant improvement in the quality of life of people. But this desire for attaining a better quality of life comes at the cost of environmental pollution. One of the main effects of environmental pollution is air pollution, caused by increasing concentrations of toxic gases in the atmosphere leading to harmful diseases in human beings. It is not only detrimental to human beings but also has its ill effects on agriculture. Since the consequences of air pollution on plants are not materially visible, the relevant data should be considered, and the results are to be calculated. As the farmers' main concern is pests and plant diseases, the harmful effects of air pollution are often left unattended. Whilst a few plant species may resist critical levels of tainting due to suspended particulate matter and build up gases, others are prone to the damage. Hence, the response of plants to air pollution depends on the variety of toxic substances present, their concentration, and their range of receptiveness to it. With the machine learning approach, the effects of air pollution on agriculture in terms of patterns in crop yield over the years can be analyzed and predict the more resistant crop for the given pollution data. The software developed for this purpose can be helpful for farmers, as it will help them decide the crop to grow in their field so that the crop production has a minimal effect due to air pollution.