Growing Plants, Raising Animals, and Feeding Communities through Connected Agriculture: An IoT Challenge

Abstract

The Internet of Things is a growing field of design and development in agriculture. In this article, we provide IoT researchers and practitioners a glimpse into the motivations, needs, and challenges faced when designing digital technologies for agriculture. We describe three farming scenarios and offer a vision for the power of IoT in agriculture, followed by a discussion of opportunities for design. We build the argument for why just collecting data isn't enough and suggest target areas for the design of ubiquitous digital technologies for agriculture. Finally, we introduce four communities of practice on IoT for agriculture.