IoT-Blockchain Enabled Yield Advisory System (IBEYAS) for Rubber Manufacturers

Abstract

IoT, Blockchain, Cloud, and other ICT technologies have more to offer to overcome the ongoing economic crisis of the rubber industry and reflect the adequate regard for boosting the economy of manufacturers. This paper proposes an IoT-Blockchain enabled Yield Advisory System (IBEYAS) for natural rubber manufacturers. IBEYAS connects IoT-enabled sensors of agricultural land, assesses the yield value of rubber trees at different time intervals, and notifies the anomalies to rubber manufacturers and the associated involving participants. The anomaly record of IBEYAS advises manufacturers to opt for appropriate rubber yielding procedures. For experiments, sensors were mounted on three different agricultural locations and the blockchain network was set up at the IoT cloud research laboratory. Experimental results revealed how IBEYAS recorded the anomalies after the entries consented from i) rubber manufacturers, ii) landowners, iii) rubber board authorities, and iv) rubber tappers; the results showcased the yield opportunities suggested by IBEYAS to the rubber manufacturers.