Application Possiblities and Benefits of IOT (Internet of Things) in Agricultural Practice. Quo Vadis IOT?

Abstract

Nowadays we are not able to exploit the technical and IT advantages provided by precision technologies from an ecological or economic point of view. More than 20 years of experience unfortunately proves that we do not have adequate applied biological knowledge. Today, our technical and IT knowledge provides us with many opportunities, e.g., during sowing we can change the distance between seeds, therefore altering the density of plants, or even switching to another variety. We can collect a lot of data during sowing but we can also take into account previous experience with the soil. The problem is that the relationship between the known data and the optimal number (density) of plants is still not yet known satisfactorily. In this article we present the opportunities that IoT offers, primarily in terms of sustainable agriculture. The worldwide spread of IoT can also be considered the 3rd green revolution