Open AccessIoT Based Irrigation System
Author(s) -
Rajesh Kumar Yadav,
Rishabh Dev,
Tushar Mann,
Tarun Verma
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-524X
DOI - 10.14419/ijet.v7i4.5.20028
Subject(s) - agriculture , irrigation , agricultural engineering , environmental science , water resource management , farm water , water resources , resource (disambiguation) , water conservation , population , business , natural resource economics , computer science , engineering , geography , agronomy , economics , ecology , computer network , demography , archaeology , sociology , biology
Availability of fresh water is one of the elementary conditions for life on Earth, however, water is a limited resource, which is now under an unprecedented pressure by global population growth, climate change and demand from several economic sectors. In particular, irrigated agriculture is one of the major water-consuming sectors. The aforementioned issues justify the need for a sustainable and rational use of water in irrigated crops.An IoT based irrigation system helps in supplying adequate amount of water to field and domestic crops in all seasons with minimum human interference. To deliver the required amount of water to the soil, we developed a system which works on the data obtained from the sensor nodes about the surroundings. The approach used helped in increasing the lifespan of the sensor nodes. Since the crop was being provided by adequate amount of water, the quality of crop increased.