A study on the significance of smart IoT sensors and Data science in Digital agriculture

Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy. Environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity, rainfall, and so on are rapidly changing unpredictably. Internet-of-Things(IoT) and a wide range of agriculture sensors play a vital role to support farmers in enhancing their agricultural production despite the unpredictable behavior of natural parameters. Internet-of-Things(IoT) has a significant role in many smart applications that influences human life and sensors are inevitable in these systems. A high-volume of real-time data is generated from IoT sensor nodes deployed in farms at a faster rate. If this massive amount of data collected by IoT sensors need to be meaningful, it must be processed efficiently. This paper analyzes different types of sensors and IoT platforms used in smart farming. This paper also discusses the significance of data science in the agriculture sector and the various data processing methods applied over sensor data gathered for agricultural applications.