Proposal for the Design of Monitoring and Operating Irrigation Networks Based on IoT, Cloud Computing and Free Hardware Technologies

Fernández-Ahumada, Luis Manuel; Ramírez-Faz, J.; Torres-Romero, Marcos; Luque, Rafael

doi:10.3390/s19102318

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“…An example irrigation system is outlined in [14] with sensor components for soil moisture, light, temperature, and humidity. Other examples relevant to our study include a complete IoT architecture for irrigation [15] and a low cost architecture for heterogeneous data sources [16]. In direct relation to smart farming, several researchers have promoted scalable network architectures for monitoring and controlling agriculture and farms in rural areas [17,18].…”

Section: Sensors and Systems For Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

Simulation of Internet of Things Water Management for Efficient Rice Irrigation in Rwanda

Bamurigire

Vodacek

Valko³

et al. 2020

Agriculture

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The central role of water access for agriculture is a clear challenge anywhere in the world and particularly in areas with significant seasonal variation in rainfall such as in Eastern and Central Africa. The combination of modern sensor technologies, the Internet, and advanced irrigation equipment combined in an Internet of Things (IoT) approach allow a relatively precise control of agricultural irrigation and creating the opportunity for high efficiency of water use for agricultural demands. This IoT approach can thereby increase the resilience of agricultural systems in the face of complex demands for water use. Most previous works on agricultural IoT systems are in the context of countries with higher levels of economic development. However, in Rwanda, with a low level of economic development, the advantages of efficient water use from the application of IoT technology requires overcoming constraints such as lack of irrigation control for individual farmers, lack of access to equipment, and low reliability of power and Internet access. In this work, we describe an approach for adapting previous studies to the Rwandan context for rice (Oryza sativa) farming with irrigation. The proposed low cost system would automatically provide irrigation control according to seasonal and daily irrigational needs when the system sensors and communications are operating correctly. In cases of system component failure, the system switches to an alternative prediction mode and messages farmers with information about the faults and realistic irrigation options until the failure is corrected. We use simulations to demonstrate, for the Muvumba Rice Irrigation Project in Northeast Rwanda, how the system would respond to growth stage, effective rainfall, and evapotranspiration for both correct operation and failure scenarios.

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Section: Sensors and Systems For Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

Simulation of Internet of Things Water Management for Efficient Rice Irrigation in Rwanda

Bamurigire

Vodacek

Valko³

et al. 2020

Agriculture

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“…Each protocol has important characteristics, such as the data exchange rate, range and power consumption. Based on these characteristics such protocols can be classified in short-range, cellular networks and long-range [ 34 ]. Protocols for short-range networks (e.g., Bluetooth, ZigBee and Wi-Fi) enable communication in short distances.…”

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“…Protocols for short-range networks (e.g., Bluetooth, ZigBee and Wi-Fi) enable communication in short distances. According to [ 34 ], usually such protocols have a high data transmission rate and low power consumption. Therefore, they are used for the communication between devices that are near each other.…”

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A Systematic Review of IoT Solutions for Smart Farming

Navarro

Costa

Pereira

2020

Sensors

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The world population growth is increasing the demand for food production. Furthermore, the reduction of the workforce in rural areas and the increase in production costs are challenges for food production nowadays. Smart farming is a farm management concept that may use Internet of Things (IoT) to overcome the current challenges of food production. This work uses the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews (PRISMA) methodology to systematically review the existing literature on smart farming with IoT. The review aims to identify the main devices, platforms, network protocols, processing data technologies and the applicability of smart farming with IoT to agriculture. The review shows an evolution in the way data is processed in recent years. Traditional approaches mostly used data in a reactive manner. In more recent approaches, however, new technological developments allowed the use of data to prevent crop problems and to improve the accuracy of crop diagnosis.

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“…In the field of long-range networks, low power wide area networks (LPWAN) are being developed, being compatible with the IoT concept for low transfer rates and having lower energy consumption versus cellular networks (2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G) [43].…”

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Monitoring of Temperature in Retail Refrigerated Cabinets Applying IoT Over Open-Source Hardware and Software

Ramírez-Faz

Fernández-Ahumada

et al. 2020

Sensors

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The control of refrigeration in the food chain is fundamental at all stages, with special emphasis on the retail stage. The implementation of information and communication technologies (IoT, open-source hardware and software, cloud computing, etc.) is representing a revolution in the operational paradigm of food control. This paper presents a low-cost IoT solution, based on free hardware and software, for monitoring the temperature in refrigerated retail cabinets. Specifically, the use of the ESP-8266-Wi-Fi microcontroller with DS18B20 temperature sensors is proposed. The ThingSpeak IoT platform is used to store and process data in the cloud. The solution presented is robust, affordable, and flexible, allowing to extend the scope of supervising other relevant parameters in the operating process (light control, energy efficiency, consumer presence, etc.).

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Proposal for the Design of Monitoring and Operating Irrigation Networks Based on IoT, Cloud Computing and Free Hardware Technologies

Cited by 60 publications

References 34 publications

Simulation of Internet of Things Water Management for Efficient Rice Irrigation in Rwanda

Simulation of Internet of Things Water Management for Efficient Rice Irrigation in Rwanda

A Systematic Review of IoT Solutions for Smart Farming

Monitoring of Temperature in Retail Refrigerated Cabinets Applying IoT Over Open-Source Hardware and Software

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