Improving Agricultural Production with IoT: Challenges and Solutions

This report discusses the challenges faced by the agricultural sector, including lack of knowledge, equipment, and technology, and how IoT can help address these issues. It covers the implementation of sensor technology, drone systems, and remote equipment management systems to improve farming practices.

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Contents
Introduction to the problem domain:.....................................................................................................2
Structure of the Report:.........................................................................................................................3
References:............................................................................................................................................3

Introduction to the problem domain:
The agricultural sector of the world is weakening which had a direct impact of the yield of
production. The growth and the efficiency of the farming capability and production output is
decreasing due to the ineffective inventory monitoring, using unlimited insecticides and
pesticides, no attention towards the livestock, and many others reasons. The use of
Information and communication technology (ICT) and Internet of things (IOT) helps in
facilitating the agricultural production. The agricultural farming is equipped with various
problems like:
Problems Description
Lack of knowledge and education The farmers are not having sufficient amount of
education for improving the yield and production of their
farm
Lack of equipment The farmers are not having effective equipment for
tilling and ploughing their field (Verdouw, Wolfert, and
Tekinerdogan, 2016)
Lack of technology The farmers are not able to implement effective
technology for improving the production of field
Lack of ineffective monitoring of
stock and inventory management
system
The inefficient monitoring of the stock results in the
large amount of crop wastage
Lack of measuring the amount of
insecticides and pesticides present
in the soil
The high amount of insecticides and pesticides can
adversely affect the growth of the crop production and
agricultural yield
Lack of analysing the presence of
animals
The animals and other wild animals can affect the
growth of the crop production (Stoces, and Vanek,
Masner, and Pavlik, 2016)
Measuring the seed quality The production of the yield depends upon the quality of
the seed used in the sowing process to get an effective
farm production. The poor quality seeds can result in the
poor quality of the crop production (Nayyar, and Puri,
2016)
Ineffective irrigation system The supply of more water to the agricultural field can

results in the damage of soil fertility and plant growth
Inefficient in analysing the
climate change
No preventive measure can be proactively installed for
analysing the damage caused to the field through climate
change
Structure of the Report:
The report is prepared for analysing the problem domain of the current practices in farming
and the implementation of the IOT methodology for improving the production of the crop
yield. The inefficiency of the farming production can be resolved effectively by
implementing and using the IOT system in monitoring and managing the equipment for the
growth of the crop production yield. The implementation of the sensor technology, drone
system, remote equipment management system, and others helps in improving the farming
practices.
References:
Nayyar, A., and Puri, V. (2016). Smart farming: IOT based smart sensors agriculture sticks
for live temperature and moisture monitoring using arduino, cloud computing, and
solar technology. International conference on communication and
computingRetrieved from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313804002_Smart_farming_IoT_based_sma
rt_sensors_agriculture_stick_for_live_temperature_and_moisture_monitoring_using_
Arduino_cloud_computing_solar_technology
Stoces, M., and Vanek, J., Masner, J., and Pavlik, J. (2016). Internet of things in agriculture:
Selected aspects. Retrieved from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299499518_Internet_of_Things_IoT_in_Ag
riculture_-_Selected_Aspects
Verdouw, C., and Wolfert, S., and Tekinerdogan, B. (2016). Internet of things in agriculture.
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