Abstract:
Dry zone agriculture plays an important role in the
national economies of many countries. On the other hand dry
zone agriculture suffers from many problems especially lack of
water for producing the optimum yield it should. Modern technologies
such as Internet of Things can be adapted successfully
to improve the yield by managing the inputs at optimum levels.
This paper presents an experimental IoT powered microclimate
management system that is capable of continuously monitoring
the important environmental parameters in specific areas. The
proposed system not only monitors the soil moisture levels, but
also controls the pot irrigation system for managing the water
supply at required levels enabling sustainable agriculture. The
built-in communication module alerts the parties concerned when
the moisture levels falls below the pre-decided levels requiring
human intervention.
Citation:
M. F. Mohamed Firdhous, B. H. Sudantha and P. M. Karunaratne, "IoT-Powered Sustainable Dry Zone Agriculture: An Experimental Implementation," 2018 3rd International Conference on Information Technology Research (ICITR), 2018, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICITR.2018.8736148.