Abstract
Water plays a crucial role in the agricultural field for food production and raising livestock. Given the current trends in world population growth, the urgent food demand that must be answered by agriculture highly depends on our ability to efficiently exploit the available water resources. Among critical issues, there is water management. Recently, innovative technologies have improved water management and monitoring in agriculture. Internet of Things, Wireless Sensor Networks and Cloud Computing, have been used in diverse contexts in agriculture. By focusing on the water management challenge in general, existing approaches are aiming at optimizing water usage, and improving the quality and quantity of agricultural crops, while minimizing the need for direct human intervention. This is achieved by smoothing the water monitoring process, by applying the right automation level, and allowing farmers getting connected anywhere and anytime to their farms. There are plenty of challenges in agriculture involving water: water pollution monitoring, water reuse, monitoring water pipeline distribution network for irrigation, drinking water for livestock, etc. Several studies have been devoted to these questions in the recent decade. Therefore, this paper presents a survey on recent works dealing with water management and monitoring in agriculture, supported by advanced technologies. It also discusses some open challenges based on which relevant research directions can be drawn in the future, regarding the use of modern smart concepts and tools for water management and monitoring in the agriculture domain.
Highlights
Agriculture is a fundamental sector that enables to sustain the growing world population food need and promote several regions economy on the different continents
According to our literature analysis, it is important to identify the notions and concepts used in the considered studies, which originate from different application concerns, such as on-site data collection in the farms based on Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)
SUMMARY In this paper, we presented a survey on recent studies regarding the crucial water management issue in agriculture, driven by advanced technologies
Summary
Agriculture is a fundamental sector that enables to sustain the growing world population food need and promote several regions economy on the different continents To reach such objectives, agricultural practices must take into account both ecological and environmental constraints. Saad et al.: Water Management in Agriculture: Survey on Current Challenges and Technological Solutions automated and integrated system They rely on sensors that can record quantitative measurements of soil condition, crop growth, weather patterns, and other useful data. This data processing naturally implies the real-time feature required on the transmission operations, analysis and decision-making The literature about this issue is becoming important, the need to make a state-of-the-art review, to take a look on the progress and current challenges related to water usage in agriculture in particular. We emphasize a number of selected approaches and methods that leverage modern technologies for smart water management
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary 
Published Version (
Free)
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
