NIT6130 Assignment 1: Internet of Things in Agriculture

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NIT6130 Assignment 1
Literature Review
Topic: Agriculture Based on Internet of
Things

Abstract
Current technology is using both hardware and software for new innovations. IoT is a good
example of it. IoT is a synonym for Internet of Things which connects the daily life things
from internet. The world is living over the food and agriculture department of a particular
country. Agriculture has a vast area for the implementation of technology to grow and fulfil
the needs of the citizens of the country. IoT is the emerging technology with several areas of
applications so it is very easy to create some new technology or applications for the people
who are finding their culture in agriculture. Many research and analysis are done for finding
the problem statements of present agriculture system and solutions for overcoming all the
problems.
This report is based on the various research and analysis done by different authors which can
help in finding the current state and future implementation areas of IoT in agriculture. All the
research and findings are providing various techniques like prediction application and
wireless networking to increase the growth of system and values. The research paper or
literature are published by authenticated publishers as well as well-known authors and IT
professionals. This research will provide good knowledge about the implementation of IoT in
agriculture.
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Table of Contents
Abstract......................................................................................................................................1
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Literature Review – Broad Scan and Reading...........................................................................4
1st Round.................................................................................................................................4
Literature Review – Focused Reading.......................................................................................8
Article 1st................................................................................................................................8
Article 2nd...............................................................................................................................9
Proposed Research...................................................................................................................10
Conclusion................................................................................................................................11
References................................................................................................................................12
Appendix..................................................................................................................................14
Introduction..............................................................................................................................19
Work-Related Structure...........................................................................................................20
Strength of Literature Review..................................................................................................20
Research Method Review........................................................................................................21
Improvements...........................................................................................................................22
Research Proposed...................................................................................................................23
Conclusion................................................................................................................................27
References................................................................................................................................28
Appendix..................................................................................................................................30
Round 2:...................................................................................................................................35
Round 3:...................................................................................................................................39
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Introduction
Internet of Things is growing rapidly and having various applications in different areas. This
research will help in analyzing the facts and figures of Agriculture area so a better solution
and technology can be provided to it. All these research papers are having different deep
areas of analysis in the agriculture department. Agriculture plays a very important role in the
economy of a country so it is very necessary for the government to enhance this area with
technology to get higher revenue and growth for the civilization of that country.
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Literature Review – Broad Scan and Reading
1st Round
Research Aim: The main aim of focussing the IoT technology in agriculture and farming is
to automate the overall aspects and methods of agriculture and farming for making more
effective and efficient. The main use of IoT in the agriculture sector is to make the farming
smart which can monitor the crops by sensors and the automation of irrigation system.
Keywords: Smart Farming, IoT applications, Agriculture, smart agriculture.
S. No. Journal Title Author Publication Title Year
1. A smart agriculture IoT
system based on deep
reinforcement learning
Bu, Fanyu, and
Xin Wang
Future Generation
Computer
Systems
2019
2. Blockchain for the IoT
and Industrial IoT: A
review
Wang, Qin, Xinqi
Zhu, Yiyang Ni,
Li Gu, and
Hongbo Zhu
Internet of Things 2019
3. Evolution of Internet of
Things (IoT) and its
significant impact in the
field of Precision
Agriculture
Khanna,
Abhishek, and
Sanmeet Kaur
Computers and
Electronics in
Agriculture
2019
4. Experiences in building
an IoT infrastructure for
agriculture education
Gunasekera,
Kutila, Armando
Navas Borrero,
Fabian Vasuian,
and Kim P.
Bryceson
Procedia
Computer
Science
2018
5. An automated low-cost
IoT based Fertilizer
Intimation System for
smart agriculture
Lavanya, G., C.
Rani, and P.
Ganeshkumar
Sustainable
Computing:
Informatics and
Systems
2019
6. IoT and agriculture data
analysis for smart farm
Muangprathub,
Jirapond,
Nathaphon
Boonnam, Siriwan
Kajornkasirat,
Computers and
Electronics in
Agriculture
2019
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Narongsak
Lekbangpong,
Apirat
Wanichsombat,
and Pichetwut
Nillaor
7. Using Cloud IOT for
disease prevention in
precision agriculture
Foughali, Karim,
Karim Fathallah,
and Ali Frihida
Procedia
Computer
Science
2018
8. A Creative IoT
agriculture platform for
cloud fog computing
Hsu, Tse-Chuan,
Hongji Yang,
Yeh-Ching
Chung, and
Ching-Hsien Hsu
Sustainable
Computing:
Informatics and
Systems
2018
9. IoT based hydroponics
system using Deep
Neural Networks
Mehra, Manav
Saxena, Sameer
Sankaranarayanan,
Suresh
Tom, Rijo Jackson
Veeramanikandan,
M.
Computers and
Electronics in
Agriculture
2018
10. IoT based low cost and
an intelligent module for
smart irrigation system
Nawandar, Neha
K.
Satpute, Vishal R
Computers and
Electronics in
Agriculture
2019
11. Architecting user-centric
internet of things for
smart agriculture
Sinha, Akash
Shrivastava,
Gulshan
Kumar, Prabhat
Sustainable
Computing:
Informatics and
Systems
2019
12. An adaptive immune
algorithm for the
service-oriented
agricultural Internet of
Things
Yang, Zhen
Ding, Yongsheng
Hao, Kuangrong
Cai, Xin
Neurocomputing 2019
13. Field Monitoring and
Automation Using IOT
Mohanraj, I.
Ashok Kumar,
Procedia
Computer
2016
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in Agriculture Domain Kirthika
Naren, J.
Science
14. Architecting an IoT-
enabled platform for
precision agriculture and
ecological monitoring:
A case study
Popović, Tomo
Latinović,
Nedeljko
Pešić, Ana
Zečević, Žarko
Krstajić, Božo
Djukanović,
Slobodan
Computers and
Electronics in
Agriculture
2017
15. CLAY-MIST: IoT-cloud
enabled CMM index for
smart agriculture
monitoring system
Mekala,
Mahammad
Shareef
Viswanathan, P.
Measurement 2019
16. An IoT based smart
irrigation management
system using Machine
learning and open
source technologies
Goap, Amarendra
Sharma, Deepak b
Shukla, A.K.
Rama Krishna, C.
Computers and
Electronics in
Agriculture
2018
17. Scalable and sustainable
wireless sensor
networks for the
agricultural application
of Internet of things
using fuzzy c-means
algorithm
Rajput, Anagha
Kumaravelu,
Vinoth Babu
Sustainable
Computing:
Informatics and
Systems
2019
18. Rules engine and
complex event processor
in the context of internet
of things for precision
agriculture
Mazon-Olivo,
Bertha
Hernández-Rojas,
Dixys
Maza-Salinas,
José
Pan, Alberto
Computers and
Electronics in
Agriculture
2018
19. Internet of Things in
agriculture, recent
advances and future
challenges
Tzounis, Antonis
Katsoulas,
Nikolaos
Bartzanas,
Thomas
Kittas,
Biosystems
Engineering
2017
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Constantinos
20. AgriPrediction: A
proactive internet of
things model to
anticipate problems and
improve production in
agricultural crops
dos Santos,
Uélison Jean L.
Pessin, Gustavo
da Costa,
Cristiano André
da Rosa Righi,
Rodrigo
Computers and
Electronics in
Agriculture
2019
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Literature Review – Focused Reading
With the proper analysis of the Agriculture sector based on IoT technology, the two journals
or the articles are been discussed including the proper reviews and the research. These were
defined below including the contribution, existing problems, latest or new innovations and
significant improvements.
Article 1st
Article Title: IoT and agriculture data analysis for smart farm
- Key Contribution
In this research paper, the Muangrathub J., et al., wants to develop the system for optimizing
the watering time of agriculture crop which is based on the wireless sensor networks. The
system will be developed with the use of node sensor in the field of crops with the
management of data or information with the help of web applications or smartphones. It
whole development process is based on three components such as hardware control box for
obtaining and connecting the information of crops, a web application for manipulating the
crop details, and mobile application for controlling the watering of crops.
- Existing Problems
The main problem is for controlling and managing the crop fields manually. So, for
evaluating or resolving the issues or the problems occurred, the wireless sensor networks will
be installed for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of farmers. It will evaluate the
variables of fields such as atmospheric conditions, soil states, and the animals or plants
biomass. This system will also help to determine the harvest time of the crops fields.
- Innovation
The architecture will be proposed based on IoT concepts which help for combining the
distributed and wireless sensor devices including the climatic condition simulations. The
system will be designed & executed as a web application. This system will also support the
farming of mixed crops and also help the farmers in 24*7*365 from anywhere and anytime
with the use of internet connectivity.
- Requirements & Significant Improvements
This innovation of wireless sensor networks is so efficient and effective for farmers. It is so
beneficial for collecting and storing the data or information which is supported by IoT
technology such as web application or web services which is based on the e-Science and
cloud computing platforms.
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Article 2nd
Article Title: AgriPrediction: A proactive internet of things model to anticipate
problems and improve production in agricultural crops
- Key Contribution
In this research paper, the Pessin G., et al., discusses the issues which consist of increasing
the farming productions. For accomplishing this, the innovative options will be applied for
enhancing the capacity of soils, environmental resources production. For making it
successful, the IoT technology plays a major role which makes many alternatives for farmers
with visualization system and smart sensors.
- Existing Problems
The issue occurs while increasing the farming productions in rural areas or rural environment.
The producer of agriculture or farmers will assist the decisions for anticipating the problems
in crop fields.
- Innovations
For making better production facility or improvement in the production of agriculture crops,
the AgriPrediction model is designed with the use of wireless sensor networks for collecting
the data or information of planting and also certify connectivity between sensor nodes. It also
helps to transmit the gathered data for a node to the server for forwarding processing.
Figure 1: Architecture of AgriPrediction
- Requirements & Significant Improvements
After implementing the AgriPrediction Model, it will help to make the strategic decisions for
protecting the plantings of crops against pests and diseases. It also helps in improving crop
yields. This architecture integrates the sensors which use the different kinds of
communication technology and the displayed information with the use of sense.
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Proposed Research
For analyzing the complete research of IoT in Agriculture, the methodology is used named as
“Prototype”. It is the methodology used to make the development process of software. It
allows creating the solution portion for demonstrating the functionality and also refine the
requirements before the development of the final solution.
In the agriculture sector, the prototype model is so helpful evaluating the AgriPrediction
Model and also help to implement the engine of predictions and referred the thresholds values
for the Arugula cultivation.
Figure 2: Prototype of AgriPrediction Model (a)
Figure 3: Prototype Model of AgriPrediction Model (b)
This architecture includes the five sensors, such as air temperature, air humidity, soil
temperature, brightness, and soil humidity.
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Conclusion
These researches are very qualitative as having many facts and quantitative as it will provide
many services to the problems of agriculture. IoT implementation will give a boost to the
economic growth of the country and provide awareness among the people of that country.
IoT has the latest technologies for implementation and improvements in the sector of
agriculture. This report will give many ideas for implementing the various type of
technologies in the same sector. By reviewing the literature, a quantitative analysis will be
done for the applications of IoT in agriculture.
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