BI Intelligence has predicted that IoT device installations in the agricultural world will increase from 30 million in 2015 to 75 million in 2020.
IoT for farming, an intriguing concept indeed if the whole picture of current agricultural ecosystem is considered. Homosapiens of 21st century will find it hard to survive without internet, smartphones and all the innovations which have happened in recent years, albeit the primary necessities of human species to survive are air, food and water. A hell lot of factors are affecting farming industries and productivity of goods that are necessary for human living.
Ever increasing global population and consumption needs, global climate changes resulting heat waves and cropland reductions are directly impacting the global environment and productivity of goods of survival. As a consequence, farming industry bears enormous losses, which amounts USD 310 in developing countries considering food waste.
This situation calls for a change and cutting edge technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning (ML) and cloud computing can certainly help in overcoming most of these problems with the concept of smart farming leveraging IoT app development.
What if your plants want to talk to you? IoT based smart farming solutions certainly make it possible. Innovations around IoT have transformed farmers and growers. Leveraging IoT based custom web and mobile app development on Android and iOS platforms farmers and gardeners can now monitor all the information about plantations through mobile apps. A smart water management system can also be implemented to control the wastage and give the crops or plants precise amount of water they need.
Let’s Nurture, the leading IoT solutions providers in India, has developed a functional MVP on Smart Plant and Smart Water Management System using smart sensors and ESP module. Following sensors are used to build a hardware platform which can interact with mobile applications through cloud in real time.
Connected farms, a result of IoT based farming solutions, help to enhance overall agricultural productivity, minimise operational costs, effective asset/ resource management and address issues such as healthy food demands and scarcity of goods due to deforestation.
| Users | Features | |
|---|---|---|
| End Users (Hobbyist, Farmers, Gardeners, Restaurant Owners) | Temperature & humidity sensor | |
| Soil moisture sensor | ||
| Illuminance sensor | ||
| EC sensor for nutrient measurement | ||
| Web Dashboard | ||
| Smart Alerts | ||
| Current climate feed | ||
| Remote monitoring | ||
| Cost of IoT based PoC for Smart Farming | CAD 8000 to 10000 with Web Admin + Mobile App (Android & iOS). | |
| Users | Features |
|---|---|
| End Users (Hobbyist, Farmers, Gardeners, Restaurant Owners) | |
| Dashboard Analytics | |
| Solar powered hardware | |
| Analytics report and PDF download |
Prototype development is one for the future, hence it is vital to get the best team around you to deliver a viable solution. The dedicated resource team that Let’s Nurture will provide for IoT based PoC for smart farming solutions will comprise of:
We always aspire ourselves to cater innovations which can enhance human lives and are eco-friendly. We also wish to provide health-conscious working professionals with automated and self-regulating indoor planting system monitored through mobile applications.
Based on our initial assessment, developing and deploying an app like this typically takes around 20-25 weeks.
The cost will depend on the number of sensors and price of sensors used to built the hardware along with the area to get into monitoring and usage. The development and installation cost per acre land would be in the region of USD3000-5000.
Based on Food Productivity you can recover in 3 years. But if we consider other factors such as labour cost saving, climate change help due to water usage optimisation and AI implementation, it can go to exponential.
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