Organic Black Soldier Flies (BSF) Farming in Rural Area using Libelium Waspmote Smart Agriculture and Internet-of-Things Technologies

Food security remains as a formidable challenge to address in Southeast Asia. Despite agriculture being one of the major economic sectors of the region, undernourishment rates remain high and have continued rising in recent times. This paper presents the system design and prototype implementation of a remote monitoring system for Organic Black Soldier Flies (BSF) farming. The system is designed according to the local conditions of rural farms in Sarawak, Malaysia. Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies are employed in a star topology at the device level, funneling data to a central cloud service for data storage and visualization. The results from an experimental deployment of the system are presented.