Smart-IoT Platform to Monitor Microclimate Conditions in Tropical Regions

Abstract

Precision farming has a large scale of applications including wireless sensor networks to monitor the crop yields. For example, Raspberry pi board enables the possibility to integrate the agriculture system with online servers as well as an efficient sensor method for monitoring agricultural parameters. The occidental region of Panama is an agro-based economy; for instance, precision farming can help the farmers use modernization techniques which improve primitive methods, still used in developing countries. However, commercial solutions of sensors are very expensive for farmers, making it impossible for small producers to implement this type of system. The purpose of this research is to present an updated comprehensive systematic literature in the field of IoT smart agriculture, showing a prototype of an IoT device and the monitoring system platform. The developed framework allows the control from a remote location and it can be implemented in grain stores, agricultural fields, and farming households.