Research Area: Internet of Things
IoT is a new and upcoming trend in technology that finds its application in almost every field. Things, when connected to the internet and to each other, make the entire system smart. We have used IoT in every way of life: Smart Cities, Smart homes, Smart retail and many more. Using IoT in agriculture and farming practises is the need of the hour as the global population will hit a peak of 9.6 billion by 2050, to meet that kind of demand the agriculture industry needs to supply at an even faster rate. This is made possible by using modern technology and mainly IoT. IoT makes labour free farms a possibility. Not only in major farming practices but it can also be used in maintaining livestock, greenhouse farming, managing farms etc. The most important tool used for IoT is Sensors, sensors are devices that collect essential data which is interpreted to get the desired analysis. For agriculture, sensors are mainly used to get readings used to measure NPK values, detect diseases & moisture content in the soil. This paper explores its application in the agricultural sectors. Smart agriculture is called precision agriculture because it uses precise data to reach conclusions. It shows the various sensors which aid IoT and agriculture, their applications, challenges, advantages and disadvantages.
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Author(s) Name: Sanika Ratnaparkhi, Suvaid Khan, Chandrakala Arya, Shailesh Khapre, Prabhishek Singh, Manoj Diwakar, Achyut Shankar
Journal name: Materials Today: Proceedings
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Publisher name: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2020.11.138
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