An IoT-Enabled Real-Time Smart Agriculture Monitoring and Intrusion Detection System

In the recent past, due to substantial growth in human population and uncertain environmental conditions worldwide, most of the countries have initiated the new technologies in agriculture field to increase the productivity. Thus, to meet the food requirements, in this paper, an Internet of Things (IoT) enabled real time smart agriculture monitoring and intrusion detection system for crop protection is presented. Initially, the proposed system, enables the farmers to monitor their agriculture field information like, soil moisture, temperature, humidity, and crop health in real-time via a sensor network. ESP32, a micro controller is used to collect these parameters and stores the data in the cloud via a Wi-Fi module. Further, using Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) module, an alert will be sent to farm owner for any abnormalities in the soil, thus improves crop yield. In addition, the proposed model has accurate security management system using a low cost and low power Passive Infrared (PIR) sensor that allows farmers to protect the crop by detecting the intruders (birds and animals) from disturbing and feeding on growing crops. An alert will be sent to farm owner about any malicious activity by intruders using GSM module. Therefore, the proposed IoT model allows farmers to control the irrigation process automatically and reduces the additional operational cost against environmental impact. The performance of the proposed model is illustrated in the form of humidity, temperature, and soil moisture graphs which are displayed on the ThingSpeak platform in real-time mode.