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Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2018, Volume : 9, Issue : 12
First page : ( 2539) Last page : ( 2543)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2018.02095.8

Internet of Things Applications in Agriculture: A Survey

Revathy S1, Priya S Sathya1

1Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, India

Online published on 2 February, 2019.

Abstract

Agricultural activity in India is considered to be the largest, as it feeds larger population. The application of Internet of Things (IoT) in Agriculture field is acting as an aid to the traditional farmers and inspired youths who are interested in agriculture by assisting them in Organic farming by solving several problems of the producers. The need of the hour is sustainable cultivation and Organic food production with technology support. This study aims at discussing the merits and demerits of the organic and conventional farming methods respectively. It also elaborates the deployment of different technologies like IoT, Cloud Computing and Image processing in various field of Agriculture. It also summarizes the methodologies of IoT applications like monitoring soil fertility, biological pest control, Crop cultivation, animal husbandry and smart irrigation.

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Keywords

Agriculture, Conventional farming, Cloud Computing, Image Processing, Internet of things (IoT), and Organic farming.

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