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Design and deployment of a practical IoT-based monitoring system for protected cultivations

Abstract:

According to the United Nations’ latest forecast, the world population will reach 8.5 billion people by 2030. This rapid population growth imposes severe requirements in food production to meet demand. Moreover, the rise of temperatures and climate changes are also adversely affecting food supplies. In this paper, we design a scalable IoT-based monitoring system with pbkp_rediction capabilities for agricultural applications. It provides an effective four-layered architecture that consist of sensing, networking, processing, and applications with low deployment and management costs. Hence, to demonstrate its feasibility, the proposed IoT system was constructed, experimentally tested, and validated by monitoring the temperature and humidity of a commercial-size greenhouse in Mexico for six months. Additionally, we integrated a data-driven pbkp_redictive model for greenhouse microclimate conditions. Temperature pbkp_redictions were accurately performed 24-hour in advance within an error of 1 °C. The obtained results confirm that the proposed IoT framework would facilitate farmers to monitor crops and enable productivity gains by increasing the level of technology progressively.