LoRa Backscatter Automated Irrigation Approach: Reviewing and Proposed System

Abstract

A migration to new irrigation techniques is needed in sub-Saharan African countries like Mali. The current irrigation system used in the country has flaws that need to be remedied. In this paper we will first present a literature review of different existing approaches of automatic irrigation systems, discuss their limits. Besides, we will propose an approach to an automatic irrigation system based on backscatter communication, which is more efficient and has a long-range and low power consumption.