A Sustainable and Automated Irrigation and Field Monitoring System Using IoT
Creators: name: Telaprolu, Bhavani Sankar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: Internet of Things is a compilation of various methodologies, which accumulate data and information from various

topologies of devices to process and produce desired outcomes. IOT has a large plethora of applications in the form of

Smart driving systems, Smart cities, Security control systems, E-commerce, Smart home, Industrial control, ecosystems,

Health care etc. As, of the recent survey carried out by United Nations which has suggested that dependency on

agriculture is going to take a huge hike. As, increase in dependency on agriculture is reasonable due to ever increasing

population throughout the world. Agriculture plays a pivotal role in any country’s economy by providing plenty

employment opportunities in many sectors.

Agriculture practiced by farmers needs to be subjected to various changes to solve many problems like low yield

cropping patterns and constantly changing weather patterns. IOT brings in the much-needed change that is required to

solve the vivid problems present in the present-day agriculture faced by farmers. The solutions provided by IOT are low

cost and optimal with highest efficiency by taking the inputs provided for consideration. A large contingent of factors do

come into significant proportions that influence the productivity of the farm are insect and pest attacks, improper water

usage which are evident in present circumstances.

A revolution is inevitable to take place in the field of agriculture with the advent of trending technologies like Internet of

Things and Wireless Sensor Networks to solve the daunting problems that need to be addressed immediately. The Main

Server is set to receive data using wireless protocol from the rest of the Wireless Sensor Network which collects data and

information from various sensors.

A new system is created in IOT based smart farming through the aid of sensors which estimate various parameters and

irrigation system which is automated. The farmers are given instant updates of their field conditions by the application of

IOT in the form of smart farming. It is evident that IOT based smart farming is a conventional and efficient approach.

Gaining data and information like temperature, water and humidity of the agricultural field is exhibited through sensors

and camera which is equipped to the CC3200 Chip. As, the sensors detects the water level and capture images could be

sent instantly to the farmer’s mobile with the use of Wi-Fi and can also control the irrigation process with ease.

IOT tackles dark looming and complex problems faced in daily agriculture by providing best of possible solutions which

could be easily implemented. As, these solutions transform and bring major reforms to farming methods.

The huge chunk of implementation has revolved around the idea of using wireless sensors in the juncture with

agricultural apps to help store important information in the form of environmental conditions like temperature, rainfall,

wind speed and soil contents using cloud platforms to improvise and revolutionize the present farming techniques.

The IOT based smart farming could also enact as a base for the upcoming and future driven agricultural operations like

organic and family farming. IOT based smart farming also serves as a great initiative for eco- friendly methods of

farming which provides great advantages like efficient water usage, input optimization etc.