Literature Survey on Smart Farming using IOT

Agriculture is the most important sector of the Indian economy that provides employment to almost half the population of the country. Traditional way of farming had less concentration on humidity, water level and climatic condition which affects a farmer dreadfully. This farming will lead a loss to farmer because of labour insufficiency, water scarcity, inefficient knowledge about pest, crop selection for their land. To overcome these issues smart farming comes into existence. Automation of the farming process is called as smart farming. Internet of Things help in collecting information about various conditions like weather, moisture, temperature and fertility of soil. Based on this information farmer can irrigate their crop with required amount of water, add required amount of fertilizer, and cultivate suitable crop based on the soil nature. This paper discusses about various technologies used in smart farming, various application in smart farming and issues of IoT in agriculture.