PRACTICAL APPROACH: IOT BASED CROP IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Abstract

Agricultural yield is an essential part of any country's economy. More so for Pakistan, where over 70% of the population is connected to a farming-based economy, while 25% of the nation's GDP derives from farming-based activities, playing a crucial role in the country's growth. Various issues related to the field of agriculture continually hamper such growth; lack of real-time monitoring and management of crops is one of them. An inevitable solution to such problems is to opt for modernized farming techniques and incorporate the Internet of Things (IoT) monitoring adopted by the developed world. Using IoT-based real-time monitoring, crop management can become smart with enhanced yield. Smart plantation raises crop production and reduces wastage. The central aspect of this study is to provide an accessible and cost-effective solution for real-time monitoring and control of essential parameters, such as timely irrigation, that affect agricultural yield. Such tracking, in real-time, initially involves transferring all real-time sensor(s) data to the cloud for processing. Secondly, the processed real-time data will be available on an Android smartphone App, providing farmers with quick IoT-based situational awareness & control of an intelligent irrigation system with optimized water usage.