Internet of Things in Farming Assignment 2022

Running head: INTERNET OF THINGS IN FARMING
Internet of things in farming
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
1. Title..............................................................................................................................................2
1.1 Project Blog...........................................................................................................................2
1.2 Weekly progress report plan..................................................................................................2
2. Rationale......................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Problem domain.....................................................................................................................2
2.2 Purpose and justification........................................................................................................2
3. Supervisor approval.....................................................................................................................3
4. Research Questions......................................................................................................................3
5. Conceptual or theoretical framework..........................................................................................3
6. Methodology................................................................................................................................4
6.1 Analysis of sources of information........................................................................................4
6.2 Research methods..................................................................................................................5
6.3 Data collection or system design methods.............................................................................5
6.4 Ethical issues.........................................................................................................................5
6.5 Compliance requirements......................................................................................................5
7. Project plan..................................................................................................................................6
7.1 Deliverables...........................................................................................................................6
7.2 Work breakdown structure....................................................................................................6
7.3 Risk analysis..........................................................................................................................7
7.4 Duration.................................................................................................................................8
7.5 Gantt chart...........................................................................................................................10
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................11

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1. Title
The assignment topic is “internet of things in farming”.
1.1 Project Blog
<Please paste the link of the blog that is created in assignment 1>
1.2 Plan reflecting the weekly progress
<Please provide the progress report as per assignment 2>
2. Rationale
2.1 Problem domain
The paper showcases on the importance of IoT in farming. It is found that presently the
farmers do have an automated system with the help of which they can track the livestock’s and
the crops and as a result wastage in the farm is quite high that lowers the productivity and further
the earnings of the farmers get reduced. The irrigation method that is used is generally done
manually by the farmers and as result equivalent and proper irrigation is not done in the fields
that further damage the crops. For resolving this specific issue, it is decided to focus on smart
farming that is based on IoT.
2.2 Purpose and justification for the topic
The internet of things is selected for faming as it is a capital intensive as well as hi-tech
system that helps in growing food on a very much sustainable way. It is found that smart farming
that is based on the IoT based technology mainly helps in enabling the farmers and the growers
to minimize the waste and increase the productivity. The smart farming system is mainly
developed for successfully monitoring the farmlands that yield crops by using proper sensors and

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then mechanizing the entire irrigation system. Moreover, the farmers can be able to monitor the
entire field conditions from anywhere and thus it is considered as one of the efficient approaches
of farming.
3. Supervisor approval
Yes, the supervisor approved the topic as IoT based farming is a significant technique
that will be beneficial in monitoring the crops as well as farm livestock’s by using proper sensors
which would be considered quite beneficial.
4. Research Questions
 How smart farming system helps in resolving the problems that are faced by the farmers?
 What are the advantages of smart farming which is dependent on IoT technology?
 How the farming system is beneficial in successfully monitoring the farmlands and the
livestock’s?
5. Conceptual or theoretical framework
It is stated by Pan et al. (2016) that IoT has appropriate capability of influencing the
world due to advanced industries as well as connected devices. However, after the application of
technology like IoT within the agriculture industry that generally have the greatest impact.
According to Agrawal et al. (2016), that the entire population of the world is setting to touch
around 9.6 billion in the year 2050 and therefore feeding thins much of population is a challenge
and therefore it is important that farming industry must embrace IoT. There are a number of
issues including extreme weather as well as change within the climatic conditions can get
resolved.

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It is stated by Bagwan et al. (2017) that IoT based farming will be helpful in enabling the
growers as well as farmers for reducing the waste and for enhancing productivity that mainly
ranges from quantity of the fertilizers to the journey that the vehicles undertake within the farm.
In addition to this, it is analyzed that smart farming is one of the capital-intensive systems that
helps in growing food quite cleanly as well as sustainably for increasing production. It is opined
by (Ahmed, De & Hussain, 2018) that IoT based farming assists in monitoring the field and
successfully automating the entire system of irrigation with the new system such that the farmers
can manage the field. The application that is related with the IoT based farming is that it not only
helps in targeting the conventional but also the different large operations of farming such that it
could be helpful in uplifting other common types of trends in agriculture.
According to Rao et al. (2019), IoT based farming is helpful in providing a number of
benefits including efficient utilization of water as well as optimization of inputs as well as
treatments. The Large farm owners can use wireless IoT for collecting data as well as
information regarding the health of the cattle (Kumar & Venkatesh, 2018). This information is
helpful in determining the animals who is sick such that they can be separated from others. It
further helps in lowering the cost as well as ranchers that is located in the cattle with the help of
different types of IoT related sensors.
6. Methodology
6.1 Proper analysis of the information sources.
In order to analyze the information based on IoT related farming; secondary research is
mainly undertaken. A number of journal articles and research papers are mainly studied in order
to reflect the implication of IoT based farming for yielding crops sustainably and for monitoring
the livestock.

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6.2 Research methods
Information system development is the research method that is used for this specific
project. The IS development can generally be considered as one of the important knowledges
creating project activities and in some of the cases it works as a legitimate research method. With
the help of this specific research method, proper understanding about the IoT based farming can
be achieved.
6.3 Data collection
Secondary data collection method is one of the type of data that has been published in the
magazines, journals as well as online portals (Palinkas et al., 2015). In order to gather
information regarding IoT related farming, a number of journal articles as well as research
papers are mainly reviewed successfully. The secondary data that is used within the plays
generally plays a significant role in enhancing the level of research validity as well as reliability.
6.4 Ethical issues
The ethical issues are listed below:
 If the researchers are forced to undertake analysis on certain topic then it can cause
ethical issue.
 The data and information that is collected should only be utilized for academic purpose
6.5 Compliance requirements
Compliance requirements must be utilized within the research in order to make sure that
while undertaking the research proper steps is needed for complying with a relevant law, policies
as well as regulations (Shields, Shiffman & Stone, 2016). While researching Workplace Health,
safety and Welfare regulation 1992 was mainly followed that is used for avoiding health related

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issues while working. It is further helpful in preventing the business-related concerns by
providing safety and proper working environment to the workers.
7. Project plan
7.1 Deliverables
The project deliverables are:
 Annotated bibliography
 Seminar
 Journal paper
 Report
 Project report
7.2 Work breakdown structure
Figure 1: Work breakdown structure
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7.3 Risk analysis
Risk Id Risk Description Impact Probability Mitigation
1 Schedule
slippage
Lack of
tracking of
schedule, the
project
activities
execution can
get delayed.
High High The schedule
must be
tracked on
weekly basis.
2 Lack of
budget
Due to
unavailability
of budget,
monetary
issues can
occur.
Medium High The budget
must be
managed
effectively.
3 Technical
issue
Due to
improper
testing, a
number of
technical
issues can
occur.
High High Testing must
be done after
the
development
of the
system.
4 Inexperienced If the staffs Medium Medium Training

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staffs are
inexperienced,
a lot of
challenges can
occur which
obstructs the
progress.
facility must
be arranged
for the staffs.
7.4 Duration
The table that is given is showcasing that around 75 days are required for proper IoT
based farming.
Figure 2: Duration
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7.5 Gantt chart
Figure 3: Work breakdown structure
(Source: Created by Author)

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Bibliography
Agnihotri, N., Santra, S., & Sen, S. (2018). Crop and Animal Farming IoT (CAF-IoT).
In Machine Learning and IoT (pp. 327-340). CRC Press.
Agrawal, H., Prieto, J., Ramos, C., & Corchado, J. M. (2016, September). Smart feeding in
farming through iot in silos. In The International Symposium on Intelligent Systems
Technologies and Applications (pp. 355-366). Springer, Cham.
Ahmed, N., De, D., & Hussain, I. (2018). Internet of Things (IoT) for smart precision agriculture
and farming in rural areas. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 5(6), 4890-4899.
Bagwan, N., Kushire, P., Deshpande, M., Singh, P., & Gupta, S. (2017). Efficient Water Saving
Technique for Green Farming using IOT.
Kumar, C. K., & Venkatesh, V. (2018). Cloud based soil monitoring and smart irrigation system
using IoT and precision farming. International Journal of Pure and Applied
Mathematics, 119(18), 2011-2020.
Nóbrega, L., Gonçalves, P., Pedreiras, P., & Pereira, J. (2019). An IoT-Based Solution for
Intelligent Farming. Sensors, 19(3), 603.
Palinkas, L. A., Horwitz, S. M., Green, C. A., Wisdom, J. P., Duan, N., & Hoagwood, K. (2015).
Purposeful sampling for qualitative data collection and analysis in mixed method
implementation research. Administration and policy in mental health and mental health
services research, 42(5), 533-544.

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Pan, L., Xu, M., Xi, L., & Hao, Y. (2016, December). Research of livestock farming IoT system
based on RESTful web services. In 2016 5th International Conference on Computer
Science and Network Technology (ICCSNT) (pp. 113-116). IEEE.
Rao, G. P. R., Indira, V. V. S., Manikanta, P., & Srinivas, D. M. (2019). Large Scale Farming
Analysis With The Help of IOT & Data Analytics: International Journal of Advanced
Multidisciplinary Scientific Research (IJAMSR) ISSN: 2581-4281, 2 (3), March, 2019,#
Art. 1315, pp 27-39. Keywords: Agriculture, IoT, Data Analytics, Sensors, Temperaturei,
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Shields, A. L., Shiffman, S., & Stone, A. (2016). Patient compliance in an ePRO environment:
methods for consistent compliance management, measurement and reporting.
In ePro (pp. 163-178). Routledge.