Cost efficient internet of things based smart farm system for rural farmers: Leveraging design thinking approach

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Farmers are faced with challenges of producing enough food and the use of traditional methods seems not to keep pace with the ever-growing demand of the populace thus creating increased concern in food scarcity. Although it has been identified that smart tools will enhance the production pace needed in the Agricultural sector, unfortunately, most of these tools are designed for farmers without their inputs, thus creating tools that are not meeting demands. This study focused on a farmer-centered design, development, and deployment approach to improving farm productivity. The design thinking approach was used to identify the specific need of the farmers in selected areas, ideas were created using brainstorming sessions involving experts in the field, and prototypes were developed and deployed to evaluate the impact performance. The result shows that the proposed system improved the cost-benefit ratio of crop farming from 2.14 to 2.26. This is a 12% productivity increase.

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Adebayo, S., Emuoyibofarhe, O., & Awofolaju, T. (2021). Cost efficient internet of things based smart farm system for rural farmers: Leveraging design thinking approach. Heritage and Sustainable Development, 3(2), 111–120. https://doi.org/10.37868/hsd.v3i2.64

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