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A Review of Practice and Implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) for Smallholder Agriculture

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dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Device Research Laboratory
dc.creator Paul Antony, Anish
dc.creator Leith, Kendra
dc.creator Jolley, Craig
dc.creator Lu, Jennifer
dc.creator Sweeney, Daniel
dc.date 2020-05-22T18:46:08Z
dc.date 2020-05-22T18:46:08Z
dc.date 2020-05
dc.date 2020-03
dc.date 2020-05-14T13:55:29Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:05:53Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:05:53Z
dc.identifier 2071-1050
dc.identifier https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125419
dc.identifier Antony, Anish Paul et al. “A Review of Practice and Implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) for Smallholder Agriculture.” Sustainability 12, 9 (May 6, 2020): 3750.
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/278736
dc.description In order to feed a growing global population projected to increase to 9 billion by 2050, food production will need to increase from its current level. The bulk of this growth will need to come from smallholder farmers who rely on generational knowledge in their farming practices and who live in locations where weather patterns and seasons are becoming less predictable due to climate change. The expansion of internet-connected devices is increasing opportunities to apply digital tools and services on smallholder farms, including monitoring soil and plants in horticulture, water quality in aquaculture, and ambient environments in greenhouses. In combination with other food security efforts, internet of things (IoT)-enabled precision smallholder farming has the potential to improve livelihoods and accelerate low- and middle-income countries’ journey to self-reliance. Using a combination of interviews, surveys and site visits to gather information, this research presents a review of the current state of the IoT for on-farm measurement, cases of successful IoT implementation in low- and middle-income countries, challenges associated with implementing the IoT on smallholder farms, and recommendations for practitioners.
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dc.publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12093750
dc.relation Sustainability
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution
dc.rights https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.source Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
dc.title A Review of Practice and Implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) for Smallholder Agriculture
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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