Abstract—
Agriculture has been one of the most important industries in human history since it provides humans with absolutely indispensable resources such as food, fiber, and energy. Theagricultureindustrycouldbefurtherdevelopedbyemploying new technologies, in particular, the Internet of Things (IoT). In this paper, we present a connected farm based on IoT systems, which aims to provide smart farming systems for end users. A detailed design and implementation for connected farms are illustrated,anditsadvantagesareexplainedwithservicescenarios compared to previous smart farms. We hope this work will show the power of IoT as a disruptive technology helping across multi industries including agriculture.
I. INTRODUCTION
In human history, the agriculture has been one of the most important industries for humans’ living since it is responsible for producing indispensable resources such as food, medicine, energy, fiber. Thus, even after the industrial revolution, most countries (even developed ones) have been emphasizing the essential roles of the agriculture industry and related technologies affecting agricultural production. For example, heavy equipments and agricultural planes deployed were able to increasetheworkefficiencyinagriculture(whilesavinghuman resources), dramatically increasing agricultural productivity.