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IoT in Agriculture
Key Stages of Agriculture Development
• Stage 1: machinery use instead of manual labor
• Stage 2: all-round workflow mechanization, including storage and processing
• Stage 3: common use of mineral fertilizers and chemical crop protection agents, soil parameter change, selection
• Stage 4: genetic engineering
• Stage 5: precision agriculture
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Why Apply IoT in Agriculture?
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• Saving fertilizers and chemical crop protection agents
• Boosting soil fertility due to “smart” correction
• Controlling crop state and preventing its loss when stored
• Increasing machinery efficiency
• Monitoring state and location of farm animals
• Tracking processing line equipment condition
Special Aspects to Consider forIoT in Agriculture
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• Outdated technologies
• Economics of agricultural enterprises is closely associated with living organisms, their growth and development processes, which cannot be controlled at all times
• Dependence on external factors (climate, weather, etc.)
• Seasonality
IoT Application in Agriculture
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• Thrusters and autopilots for agriculture machinery
• Irrigation systems considering soil state and its peculiarities
• Precise fertilizing systems
• Pest and disease control systems
• Crop storage systems
• Processing lines
Example: Crop Condition Monitoring and Forecasting System
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This is a hardware-software solution consisting of:
• Autonomous wireless temperature, humidity, and CO2 sensors
• Base stations – gateways
• GPS/GLONASS receivers
• Lab facilities for imitating various conditions
• Meteorological stations and weather forecast services
• Intelligent Tibbo AggreGate IoT Platform
Solution Architecture
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System Interface Example
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Summary
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AggreGate IoT Platform allowed to:
• Follow the trends of beet sugar amount change for all land plots
• Prevent beet rotting processes at an early stage
• Increase sugar production rates by planning its processing in compliance with raw material state and storage conditions
• Track agriculture machinery location and efficiency
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Learn more about AggreGate IoT solutions for Agriculture on our website: http://aggregate.tibbo.com/industries/agriculture.html