The Role of Internet of Things in Agriculture

Agriculture is important in the overall economic development of a nation. IoT plays a very vital role in the field of agriculture. IoT is a network of interconnected devices via the internet that transfer information without human intervention. IoT technology collaborates to alter traditional agricultural practices and helps farmers in doing smart farming. The paper focus on presenting a review of various IoT technology worked on literature to help farmers and lead to smart farming. The paper discusses various hardware and software used to implement IoT technology, their role sensors in agriculture. It presents major sensors like Humidity Temperature sensor, Soil Moisture, LDR, LM35 Sensor helps farmers in improving productivity, efficiency and also reduce the time and cost of farmers as human involvement is decreased. Farmers can monitor their fields through their smartphones at any time from anywhere.