Category: Role of IoT in sustainable farming

The IoT has potential in majority of fields. The advancement in technology and availability of agriculture sensors connected through different wireless protocols open the doors for farmers and consumers to improve the production. However, there are some security and privacy challenges to be handled properly. In contrast to conventional farming, IoT-​based smart farming provides accurate…

The drones with IoT finds several applications in farming and smart cities. A drone-​enabled intelligent and smart city can be implemented for future generations (Menouar et al., 2017; Alam et al., 2018). An IoT-​based delivery service through drone architecture is described (Motlagh et al., 2016). IoT-​based services for large coverage can be implemented for face recognition and crowd…

The IoT enables information technology integration and its application (Kim et al., 2017). The analytical framework for sensor-​based IoT helps to achieve environmental sustainability (Bibri, 2018). The circular economy system enables to use energy and natural resources while minimizing waste through the principles of recycling, reducing and reusing (Tura et al., 2019). The circular economy loop includes…

Countries around the world are implementing new technologies for higher production, better way of farming and conservation of the ecosystem. The comparative study of technology mechanization in India, USA, Japan, China, etc. is mentioned in Table 8.5. From the table, it can be seen that except for Brazil and India, remaining countries are maintaining 90% and…

It is also known as remote sensing where the crops can be monitored through satellites. The information about the fields is gathered by scanning the fields with a high-​flying flight or by satellites. It collects data about the crop conditions and soil to manage the crop properly as an optimal irrigation system (Sheffield and Morse-​Mcnabb, 2014;…

The vertical farming focuses only on supplying nutrients and water directly to the roots. The physical conditions of crops can be monitored automatically through internet. It reduces the human efforts in the plants’ pre-​ and post-​growing period. The limitation of the indoor vertical farming is the number of crop type production.

It is the best option to achieve precision farming targets. According to the geographical area, the temperature and climatic conditions are varied. This greenhouse farming creates suitable temperature environment for the plants by the use of greenhouse technology. Rain, wind and pest protection can be achieved for best production (Cemek et al., 2006). The limitation of…

Precision farming includes the farm management (adopting new techniques for improving the productivity using farm management system), which plays the main role in planning, making the decisions, processing to achieve the attributes of smart farming. It also includes micro-​controllers, grain storage management modules and WSNs. The farms that are far away from the natural resources…

The IoT technology plays a vital role in agriculture farming. The country’s economy is dependent on agriculture (Abellanosa & Pava, 1987). Sustainability in agriculture signifies the agricultural resource management to meet the human requirements while conserving the natural resources and environmental quality. There are several issues in current farming practices like excessive use of fertilizers…

The global industries and individuals are looking to set up a stable foundation for smart farming and IoT applications to make them less vulnerable to cyber and security threats.