Application of Internet of Things in Precision Agriculture

Application of Internet of Things in Precision Agriculture

Precision agriculture technology is an information-based agricultural management system that uses sensors as well as monitoring technologies to obtain necessary data about the land, make reasonable management measures based on the previous interactions of environmental factors affecting crop growth, and quantitatively control crop inputs and operations.

The specific application of IOT technology in precision agriculture is through the application of GIS to collect crop production information and make a field management information system with timeliness and operability, based on which the quantitative control of resource inputs is carried out according to the specific conditions of crop growth through GPS, remote sensing technology and computer network control system, so as to reduce input costs, The purpose is to reduce input costs, increase unit yields, protect agricultural resources and maintain the quality of the rural environment.

The development of precision agriculture can adopt the following 2 models.

One, making full use of GIS to input information on crop growth determinants (soil type, texture, pH, organic matter content, groundwater distribution, etc.) into the system database, and constructing interfaces to receive various positioning dynamic data to achieve positioning and quantitative fertilization and irrigation of crops, and operating highly intensive agricultural areas with GIS-based package production to households.

Second, the combination of information technology and existing agricultural machinery facilities, the positioning, quantitative irrigation, fertilization, drug application and other production closely integrated to develop a set of effective and precise agricultural production technology to promote the modernization process of agriculture.

Information on the application of IOT in agricultural information monitoring

In addition to monitoring crop pests, soil pH and fertilization status in precision agriculture, it also includes aspects from seed selection to pest control, from seedling cultivation to harvesting into storage. The scope of information monitoring covers all aspects of agriculture in the broad sense, including animal husbandry, agricultural and by-product processing industries and fisheries.

The Internet of Things is one of the four future technology industries in the world. The application of agricultural Internet of Things technology is the need of modern agricultural development and an important symbol to measure the future level of agricultural development of a country.

IOT technology combined with modern agricultural production can effectively improve the yield and quality of agricultural products, create better economic benefits for farmers, and realize the scientific, precise, intelligent, mechanized and standardized agricultural production.