Precision irrigation performance measurement using wireless sensor network

Author

Mat, Ibrahim ; Kassim, Mohamed Rawidean Mohd ; Harun, Ahmad Nizar

Author_Institution

Minist. of Sci., Technol. & Innovation, MIMOS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

fYear

2014

fDate

8-11 July 2014

Firstpage

154

Lastpage

157

Abstract

It is observed that farmers have to bear huge financial loss due to wrong prediction of weather and incorrect irrigation method to crops. Evolution of wireless sensor network (WSN) technology enabled automatic irrigation in a greenhouse for Precision Agriculture (PA) application. In this paper, we describe the design requirements, system architecture, implementation, system test results of WSN for PA in a greenhouse. Sensors are used to monitor temperature, humidity and moisture. Software monitors data from the sensors in a feedback loop which activates the control devices based on threshold value. Implementation of WSN in PA will optimize the usage of water fertilizer and also maximised the yield of the crops.

Keywords

agriculture; computerised monitoring; crops; fertilisers; greenhouses; humidity; irrigation; moisture; precision engineering; wireless sensor networks; PA application; WSN; automatic irrigation; control devices; crops; design requirements; feedback loop; financial loss; greenhouse; humidity monitoring; moisture monitoring; precision agriculture application; precision irrigation performance measurement; system architecture; temperature monitoring; threshold value; water fertilizer; wireless sensor network technology; Fertilizers; Irrigation; Moisture; Monitoring; Sensors; Wireless sensor networks; Greenhouse Monitoring System (GHMS); Irrigation Management; Moisture Sensor; Precision Agriculture (PA); Sensors; Wireless Sensor Network (WSN);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN), 2014 Sixth International Conf on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUFN.2014.6876771

Filename

6876771