INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) FOR SMART PRECISION FARMING AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS PRODUCTIVITY: A REVIEW

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a promising technology which offers effective and reliable solutions for multi-domain modernization. In order to automatically manage and track agricultural farms with minimal human intervention, IoT-based solutions are being created. There are several aspects of innovations involved in the field of IoT in agriculture in the review paper. It describes the key components of precision farming based on IoT. A detailed discussion on network technologies used in IoT-based agriculture, including network architecture and layers, network topologies and protocols, was presented. In addition, the relation of agricultural systems based on IoT with related technologies like cloud computing, storage of big data and analytics was also presented. Furthermore, protection concerns have been illustrated in IoT agriculture. A list of applications based on smart phones and sensors built for various aspects of farm management has also been presented. In addition, the introduction of precise agriculture, which is an alternative to future agriculture, allows for the prediction of supply and demand by means of convergence technology; real-time monitoring and quality maintenance over the life cycle of agricultural products. To increase the productivity of their day-to-day jobs, farmers have already begun to employ some high-tech farming techniques and technologies. Sensors installed in fields, for instance, allow farmers to obtain detailed maps of both the area s topography and resources, as well as variables such as soil acidity and