IoT Solutions
Smart Agriculture
Precision agriculture is about managing variations in the field to increase crop yield, raise productivity and reduce consumption of agricultural inputs.
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The challenge
Hunger and food security are new era challenges that can be solved with IoT technology applied to agricultural crops.
Farm owners and managers are attracted by amount of measurements that sensors can take and how capable predictive and management systems are.
IoT Solution for Agriculture
Hunger and food security are new era challenges that can be solved with IoT technology applied to agricultural crops.
| Size of fields | Value of crops | What factor is usually more important to consider? | Sensors recommended | Examples |
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| Large fields | Low yield crops per hectare | Micro-climate factors |
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| Small or medium fields | High yield crops per hectare, fragile crops |
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Applications of IoT Technology for Agriculture
Product Quality Enhancing
Monitoring soil moisture and trunk diameter in vineyards to control the amount of sugar in grapes and grapevine health.
Green Houses
Control micro-climate conditions to maximize the production of fruits and vegetables and its quality.
Irrigation
Selective irrigation in dry zones to reduce the water resources required.
Meteorological Prediction
Study of weather conditions in fields to forecast ice formation, rain, drought, snow or wind changes.
Compost
Control of humidity and temperature levels in alfalfa, hay, straw, etc. to prevent fungus and other microbial contaminants.
Benefits of IoT technology for Agriculture
What precision agriculture looks for…
Increases
- Higher crop yield
- Better quality
- Understand which factors govern crop growth and yields
- Guaranteeing food security
Reduces
- Less transport costs: human interventions only when needed.
- Less time spent
- Reduce crop losses through disease or adverse weather
- Cost savings reducing use of fertilizers, pesticides and consumables
- Fight against droughts, scarcity and famine
Smart Agriculture Products
Smart Agriculture Solution includes a wide range of agriculture sensors for a great variety of agricultural applications: large fields of cereals, fruit trees and vegetables, greenhouses, flowers…
Features
Real time information for daily monitoring even in isolated locations
High quality sensors
More than 15 weather stations
Light and radiation sensors: Ultraviolet radiation, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), shortwave radiation
Soil morphology and fertilizer presence by measuring:
- Electrical conductivity
- Volumetric water content
- Soil water potentials
- Oxygen levels
Daily monitoring of plants/fruits growth by measuring the trunk, stem and/or fruit diameter with the dendrometers.
Physical characteristics:
- Easy installation
- Minimal maintenance cost
- IP65 Weatherproof
Models and sensors
Smart Agriculture PRO
Smart Agriculture PRO | Plug&Sense! is designed to perform vineyards monitoring for enhancing wine quality, selective irrigation on golf courses and conditions control in greenhouses, among others.
Sensors available:
- Soil moisture (3 depths)
- Soil temperature
- Leaf wetness
- Solar radiation (PAR and UV)
- Atmospheric pressure
- Stem, truck and fruit diameter
- Anemometer
- Wind vane
- Pluviometer
- Air temperature
- Air humidity
- Luminosity (Luxes Accuracy) for Smart Lighting
- Ultrasound (distance measurement)
Smart Agriculture Xtreme
Smart Agriculture Xtreme | Plug&Sense! is an evolution of our Agriculture line with a new selection of high-end professional sensors.
It allows to monitor multiple environmental parameters involving a wide range of applications, from plant growing analysis to weather observation.
There are sensors for atmospheric and soil monitoring and plants health. More than 20 sensors can be connected.
Sensors available:
- Non-contact surface temperature measurement SI-411
- Leaf and flower bud temperature SF-421
- Soil oxygen level SO-411 and SO-421
- Solar radiation (shortwave, PAR and UV): SP-510, SQ-110 and SU-202
- Air temperature, humidity and pressure
- Volumetric water content and soil temperature TEROS 11
- Conductivity, water content and soil temperature TEROS 12
- Soil water potential TEROS 21
- Soil water potential MPS-6
- Vapor pressure, humidity, temperature, and atmospheric pressure in soil and air VP-4
- Leaf wetness Phytos 31
- Trunk, stem and fruit diameter: DC3, DD-S and DF
- Advanced Weather Stations
- Luminosity (Luxes Accuracy)
- Ultrasound (distance measurement)
- 4-20 mA type (generic input)
- RS-232 type (generic input)
- Datasol MET (photovoltaic uses)
Wireless communication protocols available to connect devices
- 802.15.4
- ZigBee
- WiFi
- 868
- 900
- 4G
- LoRaWAN
- Sigfox
Smart Agriculture Success Stories
Hungary’s first Field Monitoring Laboratory relies on Libelium’s IoT technology
Hungary's first smart agriculture lab is a first step in-field monitoring, digitization, and LoRaWAN network expansion.
Precision Agriculture: Predicting Vineyard Conditions, Preventing Disease
New vineyard project developed with Libelium IoT platform on Agrotech, the app for crop management, powered by Efor and Ibercaja on Microsoft Azure
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