Smart Eco-Friendly and Low-Cost Farming Control System

Advanced technology could provide smart solutions to improve the efficiency of work in different fields. One of the important fields in the world is farming. However, traditional farming, especially in developing countries, faces many challenges to increase the food quality and quantity. For instance, some of these challenges are limited arable land, high overall cost, and pollution. Here, a fully automated eco-friendly, low- cost, and smart control unit was proposed and implemented to enhance the overall traditional farming efficiency. This smart control unit will provide the basis for building smart farming control system (SFCS). The main advantage of this SFCS is to manage efficiently the farm resources such as the energy and water. Solar cells panels supported with rechargeable unit were used to produce energy from clean resources and keep the surrounding environment healthy, which can reduce the pollution. Another important advantage is to reduce the waste of water usage in the farm by using an efficient water management system. In addition, other factors inside the farm were controlled within certain values such as the temperature, humidity, and emission of gases. Short-and long-range communication schemes were deployed as well. SFCS reduces the farm resources waste, labor work, emission, working time and overall cost. On the other hand, it increases the quality, quantity of production and keeps the working environment sustainable. This upgradable and flexible system would play a vital role to improve the overall farm efficiency and productivity, especially in developing countries where the food demand and population are increasing in contrast to the lack of water and energy resources.