Impact of IoT in Farming

Running head: IOT IN FARMING
Assignment 3: IOT in Farming
Proposal

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction....................................................................................................................3
1.1 Background.......................................................................................................................3
1.2 Rationale...........................................................................................................................3
1.3 Problem statement.............................................................................................................4
1.4 Aim, Objectives and Research Questions.........................................................................4
1.5 Conceptual Framework.....................................................................................................5
1.6 Research Structure.................................................................................................................6
Chapter 2: Literature Review...........................................................................................................7
2.1 Concept of IoT.......................................................................................................................7
2.2 IoT in Agriculture and farming..............................................................................................7
2.3 Impact of IoT in farming.......................................................................................................8
Chapter 3: Research Methodology................................................................................................10
References......................................................................................................................................12

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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Background
Agriculture has been one of the important industry all over the world. Traditional form of
farming has been capitalizing the market over a long years. However, with the enhancement in
the technical advances in all fields including agriculture and farming. There have been rapid
change in the method of farming with the implementation of Internet of Things (IOT)
(Bhattacharjee et al., 2017). The implementation of IoT has been changing the concept of
traditional methods of farming all over the world. The concept of IoT has been rejected to the
advance technology that might help in proper production of crops and farming products with the
help of technology. Modern traits of farming have been influenced by the use of IOT (Kamilaris
et al., 2016). The concept of IoT has been depended on interconnected computing devices for
transferring data without human interaction. This has been helping in gathering data about
growth of crops in the field.
This study has focused on impact of Internet of Things in farming industry. Various
issues faced due to traditional method of farming will be discussed in the study. Benefits of using
IoT in farming will be critically analysed in the study.
1.2 Rationale
Agriculture has been providing major economy to most of the countries in the world. This
have been contributing a large section in the GDP of country (Pan, Xi & Hao, 2016). Therefore,
the implementation of IoT in farming industry has been providing smart opportunities for
development of crops in the fields. The major objective of IoT has been creating a smart
environment using advanced technologies including sensors, communication protocols and

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embedded devices. The There have been various physical devices including microprocessors,
microcontrollers and sensors that can be directly communicate with the internet (Agrawal et al.,
2016).
There has been major issues faced due to traditional method of agriculture and farming
including loss in crops and not able to meet demand of the market. The production of crop have
been low due to traditional equipment (Niswar et al., 2018). The quality pf crops have been
decreasing and loss has been increased due to insects and poor implantation. According to global
survey in agriculture department, there has been 19% loss in agricultural products including
diofferent types of crops due to insects and other wastages (Ryu et al., 2015).
This research will focus on these issues faced in agriculture and farming industry due to
traditional method. The implementation of IoT in farming and its benefits will be discussed in
this study. This study will help in providing recommendations for future aspects of IOT in
farming industry.
1.3 Problem statement
The primary problem in this context has been the loss and damage in crops. The production
of crops have been not able to maintain the demand of the market. The controlling and
monitoring of crops have been a major problem in traditional method of farming.
1.4 Aim, Objectives and Research Questions
The aim of the study is to analyze the impact of IOT in farming industry. This study will
focus on the benefits and future of IoT in farming industry.
The main objectives of the study have been mentioned below:
 To identify issues in traditional method of farming