With the advent of the information and communication technology, agriculture sector is evolving. More efforts are being made to increase the agricultural productivity as compared to the conventional farming techniques and reduce the losses by using the emerging technologies and equipment.
IoT is gaining popularity with the advent of smart farming and digitization, and has the potential to offer high precision crop control, automated farming techniques and data collection. This technology is driving the concept of “Smart Farming” resulting in improved efficiency, accuracy and economic benefit.
With the advent of the information and communication technology, agriculture sector is evolving. More efforts are being made to increase the agricultural productivity as compared to the conventional farming techniques and reduce the losses by using the emerging technologies and equipment.
IoT is gaining popularity with the advent of smart farming and digitization, and has the potential to offer high precision crop control, automated farming techniques and data collection. This technology is driving the concept of “Smart Farming” resulting in improved efficiency, accuracy and economic benefit.
The IoT technology is a huge opportunity for farmers to monitor their crops and increase productivity.
According to a January 2016 Machina Research report, the number of connected agricultural devices is expected to grow from 13 million at the end of 2014 to 225 million by 2024.
By deploying solutions powered by IoT concept, information is available to farmers in real time which enables them to address impending challenges such as unbalanced fertilization, irrigation problems, pest management, wastage in storage, transportation and distribution and much more.
