Little did we know that a day would arrive when the term “smart agriculture” would be indispensable to agriculture would arrive so soon. The evolution of IoT (Internet of Things) technology in Agriculture has driven the sector by investment. Basically Tech-driven and effective in nature, these technological transformations are the flag bearers of intelligent operations with cost effective business processes for farmers. Connected devices (IoT) being the upcoming trends in agriculture are here to stay and help farmers in possibly endless ways.
Role of Smart Agriculture with connected Devices:
Deploying trending technologies in agriculture like Cloud computing, IoT devices and Big Data, will help the farmers in deriving maximum output in a sustainable manner. This will enable them to make informed decisions based on the environmental and machine data collected via IoT devices. Monitoring the quality of crops, quality, and quantity of fertilizer via Internet anywhere, anytime is always a blessing. This is the main reason why investors are attracted towards these connected devices and Agritech.
Smart agriculture via Connected Devices (IoT) helps farmer/ in various manners. For instance:
- Supervising the livestock: The overall health of the livestock is crucial to farming. Sensors connected to the IoT devices can monitor the health of the livestock as these devices are fitted to the collars of the livestock.
- Tracking the climatic conditions: Smart farming censors are attached to the IoT devices via weather stations to track the climatic conditions pertaining to the humidity, rainfall, and temperature. These give the farmers the choice of choosing the accurate crops based on the climate.
- Management of smart greenhouses: Another effective trend today is of creating smart greenhouses that help in yielding maximum output in a cost-effective manner and reduces the amount of labour required. The sensors in smart greenhouses can gauge the climatic conditions and prevent thefts through alarm systems used for security.
- Management of crops: The farmers can fit sensors attached to IoT devices in the fields that provides for data pertaining to the crop health, infections, soil quality and more.
- Precision farming: Precision farming is yet another trendy way of utilising IoT devices to improve crop output, reduce wastage and enhance overall sustainability of the farm. Irrigation management is also a part of the precision farming.
- Usage of Agricultural drones: Drones can play a vital role in smart agriculture. They are well equipped to provide for surveillance, spraying fertilisers on crops, planting crops and more.
Doesn’t it sound interesting and innovative at the same time? Global food demand will always be on rise due to the population growth. Smart Agriculture is the best means of solving this issue of rising food demand. Not only this Agritech sector has a lot of potential, the room for growth and success is magnanimous. Investing in such a technology can help the investors in reaping profits smartly. Connected devices (IoT) and smart agriculture are the upcoming trends in agriculture for sure.