Green House Smart Farming Echosystem

Smart farming, Embedded systems, Sensors, Electronic Commerce technology,

Authors

  • Stella I. Orakwue Electrical/Electronic Engineering Department, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Nigeria
  • Douglas S. Otonye Centre for Information and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Nigeria
Vol. 10 No. 01 (2022)
Engineering and Computer Science
January 3, 2022

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The future of farming has been one of the most talked-about issues on world forums, with the world population increasing yearly there is a special need to develop more efficient ways to grow food and distribute them effectively. This work discusses the design and implementation of a greenhouse smart farming echo system for the cultivation and distribution of plants using mushrooms as a focused product, linking a farm environment to a business market (cultivation processes and supply chain). A greenhouse farm smartly monitored with embedded devices, a control interface for these devices, and a web platform for product distribution and consumer management platform was developed to create a unified smart agricultural echo system. The embedded system has sensors that monitor the levels of light, temperature, soil moisture and humidity and automatically open the tap to water the farm. In addition, the supply chain was designed for the distribution of farm products. The prototype was fabricated and tested. The results showed that both the electronic part and the supply chain are working as proposed.