IoT Technologies for Irrigation Water Management
Studies show there is a potential for water savings of over 50% with sensor-based irrigation scheduling methods. Informed irrigation decisions require real-time data from networks of soil and weather sensors at desired resolution and a reasonable cost. Wireless sensor networks can collect data on plants in a lot of detail in areas of the field that behave differently. This need for wireless sensors and actuators has propelled the development of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, particularly Low-Power Wide-Area Networking (LPWAN). Essentially, IoT in agriculture means enabling wireless communication and data transfer to management systems for analysis, allowing for enhanced farming practices, especially in irrigation and resource management. LPWAN technologies are specifically designed to connect low-cost, low-power sensors to cloud-based services, a crucial feature for agricultural settings where sensors must transmit small data packets over vast areas while relying on long-las...