Internet of Things: The Present Status, Future Impacts and Challenges in Nigerian Agriculture

Abstract

The present study considered the current state of internet of things in Nigeria, future prospects and challenges to the usage of the technology in Nigerian Agriculture. In Nigeria, IoT has been used to dispense feed and water to chicks, virtual fences for monitoring farmlands and forest trees, cashless sales and purchases of farm produce and input, monitoring and management of staff performances on the farm and e-wallet for input, loan and information accessibility on agricultural issues. However, there is room for improvement in the area of security for the animals (animal tracking), weather forecasting and realtime soil monitoring, livestock and crop health surveillance. Challenges faced in the usage of IoT in Nigeria are inadequate/lack of capital, skilled manpower, facilities. In conclusion, IoT has great potentials to move Nigerian agriculture to an enviable position.

Identifying Challenges of Internet of Things on Construction Projects Using Fuzzy Approach

“…IoT's application for mine construction is faced with the following challenges identified by Zhao (2020), lack of standards for IoT integration in mine construction, lack of existing ubiquitous sensing networks capable of managing the complexities of mining construction, the poor knowledge base of IoT by practitioners, and challenges of multidisciplinary cooperation by the workforce and lack of skills. In summary, Bamigboye and Ademola (2018), Attia (2019), Rad and Ahmada (2017), Nord et al (2019), Biggs et al (2016), among others, are some of the main challenges or factors affecting the implementation of IoT in the construction sector in developing countries. Table 1 shows IoT's challenges and their respective sources.…”

Challenges of Practical Implementation of Internet of Things in Agriculture

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