Integrating IoT and Simulation for Efficient Livestock Waste Spread in the Po Valley

The livestock industry in the Po Valley is economically significant but generates challenging by-products, notably pig manure. Disposal typically involves spreading manure on agricultural land, requiring daily transportation by hundreds of tankers and leading to soil, water, and air pollution. This method incurs high costs and poses monitoring challenges for government agencies. This research develops a simulated environment that mimics waste dissemination activities in the Po Valley to support the development of an Internet of Things (IoT) architecture for cost-effective environmental monitoring. A custom-built emulator was designed to map driver behaviors, identify limitations, and foresee challenges before real-world implementation, enabling scalable completely renovated and distributed monitoring tools.