IoT Based Solutions has become the Backbone of Agriculture

In the early days, the term agriculture used to create an imagery of huge fields, fewer resources, and a lot of labour work. Crop failures due to innumerable factors were another concern that never skipped the imagery. The modern period, however, leads to bringing a positive picture of green fields with many good resources as well as advanced technological solutions.

The growing population has always been a massive challenge for the agricultural industry. But, the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) based solutions has assisted the industry to tackle the concerns in a much easier way. The manual experiments, trials, and errors, and other approaches are no longer reliable to satisfy the huge demand for food. IoT in agriculture is emerging appreciably, as it has facilitated the industry and farmers to push their limitations and move on with more innovative practices. The advent of agritech with modern IoT-based solutions is ensuring the requirement of both the farmers as well as consumers along with providing benefits such as reduced time and labour requirements.

Smart farming is coming out as a high-tech and effective method for sustainable agriculture. The modern solutions equipped with sensors and automated irrigation systems offer easy inspection of crop fields along with providing knowledge regarding temperature, humidity, soil moisture, and others. Most importantly, IoT technologies minimize the requirement of labour work to a huge extent along with enabling a proper and calculated use of water and other important resources. Healthy crops are dependent on a number of factors including environmental ones. A better examination of these factors can not only lead to successful crops but would also be profitable from a business perspective. IoT technology has magnificently satisfied most of these aspects with its innovative solutions. 

For instance, climatic condition detecting sensors for environmental data collection. Climate plays a crucial role for every crop. However, different or unknown climatic conditions sometimes lead to huge losses in terms of both quality and quantity. The arrival of sensors has minimized such circumstances. At present, there is a wide variety of sensors available in the market that are used to detect numerous parameters and configure likewise. These sensors can be placed inside or outside the agriculture fields to collect the data that describes the different climatic conditions for a better selection of crops to be grown in that particular atmosphere. The sensors also help in monitoring the condition of the crops. Furthermore, the sensors can notice disturbing weather conditions and alert the farmers earlier which helps them to secure their fields efficiently.

 Precision agriculture is another popular application of IoT in Agriculture. It offers a precise and controlled farming technique with the help of smart farming applications including cattle observation, vehicle tracking, and field monitoring. Precision farming aims to help the farmers with intelligent and rapid decisions based on data collected such as soil conditions and other associated parameters. This in turn supports the farmers with increased operational efficiency. 

One more trending aspect of IoT in agriculture is data analytics that helps with the climatic and other examinations. The data collected further inspires the technological revolutions as well as better decisions. With the help of IoT devices, the farmers can recognize the real-time status of the crops. At the same time, predictive analytics offers insights to have better decisions associated with harvesting. 

Ground and Aerial drones are other alternatives of IoT in agriculture that are highly gravitating the attraction. Used for valuation of crop health, monitoring, planting, spraying, and field analysis, drones provide real-time data. For a fact, drone technology has immensely revolutionized the agriculture industry. Along with this, drones equipped with thermal or multispectral sensors also detect the regions that require modifications in irrigation. Furthermore, drones also indicate the health of grown crops and calculate their vegetation index. 

The growing population is leading to a concern for the agriculture industry and meeting this demand is a massive pressure over them. IoT applications are therefore proving to be highly beneficial. The implementation of IoT-powered technological solutions has assisted with production, quantity, as well as quality. The easier examination of numerous factors that affect the growth of crops has ensured intelligent operations with augmented business processes. But at the same time, the technology also happens to create certain challenges including high capital investments. 

Despite that, IoT is anticipated to influence the industry even more. According to a report published by Allied Market Research, the global IoT in the agriculture market is expected to garner $48.71 billion by 2025. The agriculture industry requires more efficient solutions for better productivity. The growing adoption of internet-based technologies and the expansion of smartphone and internet penetration are highly supporting the industry with more prospects. Moreover, IoT has already shown its potential in numerous industries and is leading the same in the agriculture industry. Undoubtedly, with these smart solutions, we would definitely witness a new dawn, in the coming years.

Author Bio

Akshita Pacholi

Akshita Pacholi has accomplished a Masters degree in English Literature and presently is working as a content writer with Allied Market Research. She loves reading, writing short stories, poems, and blogs. She is a selective sports admirer and is curious to learn new things.