Applications of IoT in agriculture

Till now IoT has found applications in numerous industries and agriculture industry is not an exception. Till the end of 2018, the revenue associated with horticulture was USD 1.8 billion internationally and it is still increasing. It is supposed to reach USD 4.3 billion by 2023 with a compound annual growth rate of 19.3%. Various… Continue reading Applications of IoT in agriculture

IoT-​enabled technologies

IoT has different empowering advances such as wireless sensor networks, cloud computing, big data, embedded systems, security protocols and architectures, protocols empowering correspondence, web administrations, internet and search engines (Anand & Vikram 2016). Remote sensor network: It consists of different sensors which help in gathering different types of information. Distributed computing: It provides information to PCs… Continue reading IoT-​enabled technologies

What is smart agriculture?

There are numerous approaches to allude to current horticulture. For instance, AgriTech refers to the utilization of innovation in agribusiness. Smart horticulture, then again, is for the most part used to indicate the use of IoT arrangements in farming. The equivalent applies to the smart cultivating definition (Figure 11.1). Albeit smart farming IoT, just as… Continue reading What is smart agriculture?

Related research

Muthunpandian et al. (2017) proposed an automatic system for crop field monitoring continuously. The model maintains the water levels within the crop field. This developed device is useful in the irrigation system. Another computerized irrigation model was developed by Gutiérrez et al. (2014) to optimize water use in agricultural crops. The gadget has a distributed wireless community… Continue reading Related research

Introduction

In the modern world, when new technologies are emerging rapidly the need has arisen to be smart in agriculture too. India is a land of agriculture, ranking second worldwide in farm productivity. Before the advancement in the technology, farmers used to manually irrigate their lands which was a time-​consuming process as well as required more… Continue reading Introduction

Future work

The varied requisites of crops in terms of calcium, magnesium, sodium, etc. can be identified and fulfilled. A notification can be sent to the farmers regarding the information about the water contents.

Reliable hardware

Error detection systems are appropriated to identify and prevent the discrepancy and discontinuity in usage. For error-free working, reliable hardware manufacturing is required.

Water immersed crops

Adhering to the large water requirement by the crops like rice, the requisite of continued immersion in water still remains a challenge. Sensors capable of remaining immersed in water can be incorporated. Water depth–based technology can also be considered as a solution.

Notification to the farmer

IFTTT application is employed by the component to send the text notification in the form of SMS to the registered mobile number of the farmer. The notifications, in the form of alerts, update the farmer on the water level and turbidity level of water in the tank.