IoT based Automated Remote Monitoring System for Smart Farming

The population has increased over the years, which has affected the food supply and demand. Population growth, climate change and natural resource challenges are inter-linked factors that have affected the conventional way of farming. These challenging factors led to the introduction of Smart farming and Internet of Things (IoT) and climate-smart agriculture (CSA). This study explores an automated remote monitoring system using IoT in Smart farming. Irrigation is one of the main factors that directly affect crop growth, and up to 70 percent of the freshwater globally goes to agriculture. The proposed system uses moisture sensors to monitor the soil moisture levels for automated condition-based irrigation. The proposed system can be implemented in small-scale and large-scale farming; it will help farmers save costs and reduce water waste on a global scale. It uses 95 percent less water than conventional irrigation methods.