IoT-Based Smart Irrigation and Monitoring System in Smart Agriculture

Abstract

AbstractDeveloping countries such as India regards agriculture as the backbone. It plays a vital role in the growth of the Nation's economy. Despite the fact that the world is moving into new technology, agriculture must also be allowed to drift away. One such innovation is the Internet of Things (IoT). The Internet of Things (IoT) is defined as interconnecting different devices like sensors via the Internet. This paper proposes and tests a cloud-based wireless communication framework for tracking and managing a series of sensors and actuators for determining plant water needs and environmental parameters that impact plants. An ESP8266 Wi-Fi module-based automatic irrigation system and environment monitoring systems are implemented in this project. A smart irrigation system is implemented using soil moisture sensor which senses the moisture present in soil and actuates motor accordingly. For healthy growth of plants, it needs fresh and clean air; hence, it is monitored by MQ135 sensor called air quality sensor. The DHT11 sensor also known as temperature and humidity sensor is used for low-cost and more efficient monitoring of temperature and humidity. Blynk application in mobile is used to analyze all wireless sensor data through the cloud. These implementations will maximize the yield of the crops.KeywordsIoTSoil moistureAir qualityCloud computingWireless sensors