Use of RFID Technologies to Combat Cattle Rustling in the East Africa

Siror, Joseph K.; Hu, Sheng; Wang, Dong; Jie, Wu

doi:10.1109/ncm.2009.146

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“…To this end, researchers have proposed several systems that can be used to minimize the chances of animal theft. Reference [28] proposed such a system based on a centralized database to store livestock details, radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, and an available communication technology such as a cellular network. The proposed system employs several heuristics to identify theft of animals.…”

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Smart Farming: An Enhanced Pursuit of Sustainable Remote Livestock Tracking and Geofencing Using IoT and GPRS

Ilyas

Ahmad

2020

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

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The farmers of agricultural farms manage and monitor different types of livestock. The manual inspection and monitoring of livestock are tedious since the cattle do not stay at fixed locations. Fencing many cattle requires a considerable cost and involves farmers’ physical intervention to keep an eye to stop them from crossing beyond the access points. Visual tracking of livestock and fencing is a time-consuming and challenging job. This research proposes a smart solution for livestock tracking and geofencing using state-of-the-art IoT technology. The study creates a geographical safe zone for cattle based on IoT and GPRS, where the cattle are assigned dedicated IoT sensors. The cattle can be easily remotely monitored and controlled without having any need for farmers to intervene for livestock management physically. The smart system collects the data regarding the location, well-being, and health of the livestock. This kind of livestock management may help prevent the spread of COVID-19, lower the farming costs, and enable remote monitoring.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart Farming: An Enhanced Pursuit of Sustainable Remote Livestock Tracking and Geofencing Using IoT and GPRS

Ilyas

Ahmad

2020

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

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“…Cattle rustling threatens human security in East Africa, a region characterized by nomadic movements of people with livestock over vast and hostile terrain. The Mifugo Project (mifugo is Swahili for "livestock")-ratified by Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda-seeks to prevent, combat, and eradicate cattle rustling in East Africa (Siror et al 2009). Traditional methods of identifying cattle are harmonized with technologically advanced approaches for unique identification, tracking, and recovery of stolen animals.…”

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Using ICT for Remote Sensing, Crowdsourcing, and Big Data to Unlock the Potential of Agricultural Data

Woodard¹,

Andriessen²,

Cohen³

et al. 2017

ICT in Agriculture (Updated Edition): Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks, and Institutions

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“…Siror et al (2009) proposed a solution based mainly on the use of radio frequency identification to address the problem of cattle rustling in East Africa.…”

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Design and testing of a GPS/GSM collar prototype to combat cattle rustling

Tangorra

Calcante

Nava

et al. 2013

J Agricult Engineer

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Rustling is an age-old practice that was widespread in Italy until the first half of the 20 th century. Today, incidents of cattle rustling are again being reported. However, the problem is not only found in Italy. It is also becoming a plague for ranchers in the US and is still rampant in East Africa. In Italy, the cattle rustling phenomena have usually been limited through the direct control of the herdsmen. Global positioning system (GPS) and geographic information system (GIS) combined technologies are increasingly applied for tracking and monitoring livestock with greater spatial and temporal resolution. However, so far, no case studies of the use of GPS technology to combat cattle rustling have been reported in the literature. The aim of this research was to develop a GPS/GSM (global system for mobile communication) collar, using commercial hardware and implementing a specific software [ARVAshepherd 1.0; ARVAtec Srl, Rescaldina (MI), Italy] to track animals' movements outside their grazing area and to signal when animals are straying outside virtual perimeters. A phase I study was conducted from January to June 2011 to build the GPS/GSM collar and to assess its performances in terms of GPS accuracy and precision, while a phase II study was conducted in July 2011 to test the GPS collar under real-life operating conditions. The static GPS positioning error achieved a circular error probable (50%) and horizontal 95% accuracy of 1.462 m and 4.501 m, respectively. This is comparable with values obtained by other authors in static tests of a commercial GPS collar for grazing studies. In field tests, the system was able to identify the incorrect position of the cattle and the warning messages were sent promptly to the farmer, continuing until the animals had been repositioned inside the fence, thus highlighting the potential of the GPS/GSM collar as an anti-theft system. IntroductionRustling refers to the act of stealing livestock, especially cattle and sheep, from a farm or a pasture. Rustling was very widespread in Italian grazing areas until the first half of the 20 th century, but recent decades have seen a gradual decline following changes in farming techniques which led to a reduction in the number of pastured herds (Bassignana, 2005). In the last few years, however, livestock theft has been reappearing throughout Italy. The national law enforcement agency estimated that, during 2008, thousands of heads of cattle were stolen and sent to illegal slaughterhouses. Cattle rustling is an offense that goes beyond the direct interests of the agricultural sector and affects the whole community. More specifically, it affects product quality and public health. Cattle theft is an international problem that is growing because of the current economic recession. Cattle rustling is becoming a plague for US ranchers as reported more and more frequently by media and cattle producers' associations. During 2005, the theft of cattle and calves in the US totalled 0.6% and 0.5%, respectively, of non-predator losses. Thes...

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Use of RFID Technologies to Combat Cattle Rustling in the East Africa

Cited by 13 publications

References 19 publications

Smart Farming: An Enhanced Pursuit of Sustainable Remote Livestock Tracking and Geofencing Using IoT and GPRS

Smart Farming: An Enhanced Pursuit of Sustainable Remote Livestock Tracking and Geofencing Using IoT and GPRS

Using ICT for Remote Sensing, Crowdsourcing, and Big Data to Unlock the Potential of Agricultural Data

Design and testing of a GPS/GSM collar prototype to combat cattle rustling

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