Integrating IoT and Cloud Computing with Smart Irrigation System

According to an FAO report by 2050, the population may rise to 9 billion, and 9 billion people approx. 60%more plant-based food is required which is obtained by agriculture. In the current scenario 70%of the fresh water is being used in agricultural irrigation. To obtain more food and to increase the productivity of agriculture, irrigation needs to be managed properly using technologies. The study is about the integration of the IoT and cloud computing to make irrigation smart. The smart irrigation system reduces the wastage of water due to overflow while irrigating the field increases the returns on the farmer's inputs. The study collects data such as soil moisture, soil type, soil pH, crop type, and crop stage, this data will be taken using open-source sensors and open-source modules and uploaded to the cloud storage. It provides farmers the freedom of monitoring and real-time access to the field data. After analysis, the study identifies some suggestions for working in future in the technology-based irrigation. In the future crop health, health monitoring, disease detection, fertilization suggestion, and Artificial intelligence and machine learning-based decision-making based on the data.