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Oborkhale, L. I.
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria.
Odo, K. O.
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria.
Yerima, O.
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria.
Ayanleke, A. A.
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria.
ABSTRACT
Internet of Things
(IOT) based smart agriculture monitoring system for enhanced productivity was
designed to substitute human power operation in monitoring
the temperature, water supply and humidity of the crop environment to improve
agricultural outputs. Tomato farm was used as the demonstration farm for the
study. Internet of Things (IoT) enables various applications, like pest
control, temperature sensing and soil nutrients determination. The
Proteus Simulator, a model of smart farm using IoT was used for the study and
the data obtained from the model was graphically analyzed using MATLAB. From
the results of the designed model and the graphs, which were compared with
results from a traditional tomato farm, it was observed that the IoT based
smart farm increased the accuracy in temperature and humidity measurement from
below 20%, that was obtained in a traditional farm, to 95%, while improving response
to changes of both parameters from a number of times a day to instantaneous
detection. The accuracy in measuring changes in soil moisture increased from
20% to 98% and response from 30% to 95%. The accuracy and response to detecting
the presence of an intruder moved from 10% to 98%. These greatly ensure
improvement in tomato production.
Keywords: Internet, Monitoring system, Smart agriculture, Crop environment, Productivity.
https://doi.org/10.33922/j.ujet_v8i1_1
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Published
Wednesday, June 08, 2022
Issue
Vol. 8 No. 1, June 2022
Article Section
GENERAL
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