Open AccessPH MONITORING FOR LIQUID FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT IN BLACK PEPPER FARMING
Author(s) -
Kedung Fletcher,
Anding Nyuak,
Phei Yee Tan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of innovation and industrial revolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2637-0972
DOI - 10.35631/ijirev.36001
Subject(s) - pepper , agriculture , fertilizer , database , profit (economics) , computer science , python (programming language) , agricultural engineering , engineering , computer security , agronomy , operating system , geography , archaeology , economics , biology , microeconomics
There is lacking technology application in black pepper farming to automate daily routine activities in monitoring black pepper vines growth and nutrient need. With the revolution of Industry 4.0 (IR4.0), and tremendous improvement in the internet of things (IoT), the application of precision agriculture to pepper farming is a thing to consider for its benefit. This paper to explore the use of IoT to monitor fertilizer requirement for pepper vines using pH sensor. The pH sensor attached to Raspberry Pi 3 will be collecting the data and forwarding it to the cloud database for farmer reference and take decision based on data presented in form of a digital report from the database. The Python environment provides the space for coding in Raspberry Pi. SQL and PHP software is used to design the user interface and data management in the relational database management system. The information about pH provides a better understanding of how pH parameter affects the growth of pepper vines. The farmer will be able to access the information anywhere and anytime. Therefore, our proposed system will greatly help the pepper farmers in Sarawak in managing the usage of fertilizer as a way to minimize farm inputs, thus increase their profit.