Iot-powered sustainable dry zone agriculture: an experimental implementation

Abstract

Dry zone agriculture plays an important role in the national economies of many countries. On the other hand dry zone agriculture suffers from many problems especially lack of water for producing the optimum yield it should. Modern technologies such as Internet of Things can be adapted successfully to improve the yield by managing the inputs at optimum levels. This paper presents an experimental IoT powered microclimate management system that is capable of continuously monitoring the important environmental parameters in specific areas. The proposed system not only monitors the soil moisture levels, but also controls the pot irrigation system for managing the water supply at required levels enabling sustainable agriculture. The built-in communication module alerts the parties concerned when the moisture levels falls below the pre-decided levels requiring human intervention.