Optimised Sensor Based Smart System for Efficient Monitoring of Grain Storage

Recent research interests in studying food wastage have taken priority in various countries for improving food security and the sustainability of food systems. The problem of food wastage is approached in two main perspectives, namely that due to environmental conditions and the other associated with consumption factors. Food wastage takes place throughout various stages of the food supply chain, right from farm production, during processing, packing, transportation, at wholesale market, retailers, etc. and until consumption. Hence, different measurements and lack of standards in data collection are adopted that makes it difficult to estimate and compare the food wastage among various countries and research studies conducted so far. Though it is difficult to arrive at an accurate estimate of food wastage globally, reports indicate that overall food wastage amounts to about one-third of the food produced. It is estimated that about US$1 trillion is lost globally towards food wastage. In this paper, a smart automatic monitoring and controlling system is proposed by leveraging the potentials of cyber physical systems, which can be used in order to monitor grain storage systems.