INTERNET OF THINGS: APPLICATIONS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRY AGRICULTURE SECTOR

A. LALITHA¹*, SURESH BABU², K.S. PURNIMA^3
1Scientist (Extension), Agricultural Information & Communication Centre, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
²Head of Capacity Strengthening, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, USA
³Scientist (Extension), Open and Distance Learning Centre, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India, India
* Corresponding Author : lalithareddy6@gmail.com

Received : 16-10-2018     Accepted : 26-10-2018     Published : 30-10-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 20       Pages : 7410 - 7413
Int J Agr Sci 10.20 (2018):7410-7413

Keywords : Internet of Things (IoT) architecture, Smart Agriculture, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sensors, Cloud Computing, Wireless Sensor Network
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a novel paradigm shift in information technology (IT) sector. The sensor data visualization for agriculture has a great opportunity for mobile technology. Cloud computing offers several applications in the field of agriculture with limited infrastructure and costs. The IoT food supply chains can become self-adaptive systems in which smart objects operate, decide, and learn autonomously. This review paper discusses IoT application in agriculture in developed and developing countries and suggests a conceptual framework for IoT application in State Agricultural Universities of India. By 2020, the world will be having around five billion mobile subscribers and most of these will reside in China and India. Hence, there is a scope for IoT application in Indian agriculture. Any initiative that could move a part of the agriculture and food enterprise into the IoT platform/cloud at a cost-effective price would help the Indian agriculture and food sector.

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