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

by
Anish Paul Antony
1,*,
Kendra Leith
1,
Craig Jolley
2,3,
Jennifer Lu
1 and
Daniel J. Sweeney
1
1
D-Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
2
U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC 20004, USA
3
Freedom Consulting Group, Columbia, MD 21046, USA
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Sustainability 2020, 12(9), 3750; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093750
Received: 1 March 2020 / Revised: 29 April 2020 / Accepted: 30 April 2020 / Published: 6 May 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Internet of Things, Remote Sensing and Analytics to Support Distributed Monitoring and Management of Water, Sanitation, Agricultural and Energy Resources in Remote and Low Income Regions)
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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. View Full-Text
Keywords: internet of things; low-cost sensors; smallholder agriculture; global engineering internet of things; low-cost sensors; smallholder agriculture; global engineering
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Antony, A.P.; Leith, K.; Jolley, C.; Lu, J.; Sweeney, D.J. A Review of Practice and Implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) for Smallholder Agriculture. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3750. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093750

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Antony AP, Leith K, Jolley C, Lu J, Sweeney DJ. A Review of Practice and Implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) for Smallholder Agriculture. Sustainability. 2020; 12(9):3750. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093750

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Antony, Anish P., Kendra Leith, Craig Jolley, Jennifer Lu, and Daniel J. Sweeney. 2020. "A Review of Practice and Implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) for Smallholder Agriculture" Sustainability 12, no. 9: 3750. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093750

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