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• Outdated technologies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