Application of IoT for Developing Sustainable and Smart Farming

Abstract

Traditional farming is labour-intensive, and the need to constantly check crops may be a strain on farmers. On another side, agricultural yield space is shrinking by the day. So, without a question, managing a huge amount of food that is legally right for us is a very difficult problem for any human being. There may always be a footprint available to meet the high demand. By achieving the idea of smart farming based on new technology by using the Internet of Things (IoT), the authors have presented a strategy in this study work by which a farmer may manage water irrigation, detect the total amount of brightness, and monitor the moisture level of soil and current status of crops using IoT. By utilizing such a technology, the farmer would obtain an auto lighting system, an auto water irrigation system, prohibit external vehicles, and conserve electricity by utilizing real-time data obtained from various types of sensors and utilizing a Wi-Fi system. The suggested system's hardware is all directly linked to the NodeMCU ESP8266. An algorithm has been created to manage the entire project. The solar panel will supply the entire system's necessary electric power, allowing us to save money, conserve electricity, and make the total system more environmentally friendly. This work’s suggested system can identify meteorological conditions that are beneficial to agriculture. This proposed concept has exceptional performance potential as an interface between sensors as input and the IoT as an output medium. The suggested system is compared to other existing systems in a variety of ways.