DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SMART FARM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Abstract

Agriculture is a sector of a very high importance and should be given attention because it does not only make means of living, the provision of food to sustain and also contribute to economical and national development. Although, the output produced by farmers is high in our country, Nigeria, farmers are still confronted with a couple of problems such as poor irrigation and water management system, poor record of Agricultural field parameters, intrusion by both pest and human trespassers( cattle nomadic Fulani herdsmen). This study seeks to proffer a long lasting solution to these problems by employing the knowledge of electronics, communications and computer programming using technology of Internet of things( IoT) to help improve farming using sensors to efficiently monitor crop conditions such as soil moisture content, atmospheric and soil temperature, humidity, light intensity, check water supplied to crops i.e water wastage by providing an automated irrigation system and remote control of hardware and data reception via SMS which will in turn increase agricultural yield, save time and energy, encourage more people to invest in agriculture and at large make easy the diversification of the nation’s economy since it presents a better, efficient and more convenient way of engaging in farming. A detail design and implementation for connected farms are illustrated and advantages are explained with service scenarios compared to the traditional system of farming.

Keywords: farming, smart farm, management system, agriculture, farmers, internet