Agro Informatics Vis-à-Vis Internet of Things (IoT) Integration & Potentialities—An Analysis

Agro Economist - An International Journal, 7(1), 13-20. ISSN: 2394-8159.

13 Pages Posted: 9 Dec 2020 Last revised: 11 Dec 2020

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Prantosh Paul

Raiganj University

Ricardo Saavedra M

UFBA

P. S. Aithal

Srinivas University, Institute of Management and Commerce

Ripu Ranjan Sinha Ripu Ranjan Sinha

Commonwealth Vocational University

Prof Sir Bashiru Aremu

Intl. Chartered Inc. (CUICI)

Date Written: August 30, 2020

Abstract

Agriculture is the most valuable term and becomes a necessity of human beings. Agriculture is a kind of producing that is responsible for farming or clearly on food and feed, fiber and other items with the help of cultivation of certain plants; however, in broader context agriculture also means as domestic animals. The cultivation and agricultural process in the recent past has changed rapidly and there are many tools, technologies being incorporated for a healthy agricultural process. The Applications of Information and Communication Technologies led the advanced agricultural systems. And these are called as Smart Agriculture. In general, the application of IT and Computing in Agriculture field is called Agro Informatics. With the development of Agro Informatics, the recent concept of Smart Agriculture or Farming has arrived. These various advanced and modern technologies are using for enhancing the quantity as well as the quality of agricultural systems, cultivation and ultimately the products. In the recent past, the cultivators of modern age are associated with modern technologies like GPS, soil scanning, websites, cloud based data management services, basic internet and also Internet of Things based technologies. Adapting modern strategy, now the farmers can increase the effectiveness huge manner as far as pesticides and fertilizers are concerned. On the other hand, Smart farming techniques also help in indirect operations in agriculture including the monitor of agricultural products and individual animals. In the recent past, the scenario of IT and Computing applications has radically changed and Agro Informatics has also become a field of study. Among the latest technologies, IoT or Internet of Things becomes popular and important in a different context. This paper is conceptual in nature and deals with various aspects of Smart Agriculture with special reference to the IoT applications in Agro field.

Keywords: Smart Agriculture, IoT, Agro Informatics, ICT in Agriculture, Cultivation, Agricultural Information Technology, Development

Suggested Citation

Paul, Prantosh and Saavedra Marroquin, Melkyn and Aithal, P. S. and Sinha, Ripu Ranjan and Aremu, Prof Sir Bashiru, Agro Informatics Vis-à-Vis Internet of Things (IoT) Integration & Potentialities—An Analysis (August 30, 2020). Agro Economist - An International Journal, 7(1), 13-20. ISSN: 2394-8159., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3724421 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3724421

Prantosh Paul

Raiganj University ( email )

Yogesh Bhawan; S/O Santi Ranjan Biswas; Ashok Pall
Near Asha Cinema Hall; P.O.+ P.S. Raiganj
Raiganj, West Bengal 733134
India

Melkyn Saavedra Marroquin

UFBA ( email )

Av. Reitor Miguel Calmon, s/n
Vale do Canela
Salvador, Bahia
Brazil

HOME PAGE: http://www.pei.ufba.br

P. S. Aithal (Contact Author)

Srinivas University, Institute of Management and Commerce ( email )

Ripu Ranjan Sinha

Commonwealth Vocational University

Tonga

Prof Sir Bashiru Aremu

Intl. Chartered Inc. (CUICI)

Argentina

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