An innovative IoT based system for precision farming

Acquiring real-time agricultural information for monitoring the crops and their yield predictions are challenging tasks. The real-time data can be used as input to the crop monitoring and yield modeling. However, recording the real-time information for modeling and monitoring of crops is puzzling using existing platforms. The paper describes the design and development of a system that monitors parameters like soil moisture, temperature, air humidity, and temperature at the agro-field level in real-time. The system has been developed using open-source platforms. The developed system consists of three components viz. Arduino-based IoT device, smartphone application, and a web server. The IoT-based device measured the parameters immediately transferred to a cloud server to analyze the information through web-based technology. An adjustable steel probe has also been designed to use in the field. This low-cost system can conveniently and efficiently be used in the agriculture sector for farming production and management.

Automated summary

The developed system monitors real-time agricultural parameters and transfers the data to a cloud server for analysis using IoT technology, providing advantages of real-time monitoring and low cost, suitable for agricultural production management.