Business cases Irrigation in agriculture

Irrigation in agriculture

Agriculture Reduce waste

Summary

Need based automated irrigation

Smart irrigation systems consist of LoRaWAN soil moisture sensors, and valve actuators. LoRaWAN is particularly suited to agricultural use cases, where network coverage is rare. A single gateway can cover a wide area of sensors, and since hardware is expensive, it is easy to scale the solution. Smart irrigation involves measuring soil moisture, and activating LoRaWAN solenoid controlled irrigation only when it is needed, for closed loop, intelligent consumption.

Sustainability impact

Save water resources and reduce energy consumption

Reduce waste

Partners involved

Seeed Technology Co., Ltd

seeedstudio.com

Device manufacturer

Enthu Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd

enthutech.in

Device manufacturer · Integrator · Application platform · Engineering

Device manufacturer · Engineering

Devices used

DL-5TM - Legacy Soil Moisture and Temperature Sensor

Decentlab GmbH

GroPoint Air - Multi Segment Soil Sensor Converter

Dragino Technology Co., Limited

LoRaWAN Soil Moisture, Temperature | Air temperature/humidity | boosted 12v output from battery

tinovi

Milesight EM500-SMT Soil Moisture Sensor

Milesight IoT Co., Ltd

S2104 - LoRaWAN® Soil Moisture and Temperature Sensor

SenseCAP

S2105-LoRaWAN® Soil Moisture, Temperature and EC Sensor

SenseCAP

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Details

Solution area: Agriculture
Partners: 9
UN SDGs: 1

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- Summary: Need based automated irrigation
- Sustainability impact: Save water resources and reduce energy consumption; Reduce waste
- Partners involved: Seeed Technology Co., Ltd (seeedstudio.com), Enthu Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd (enthutech.in), Milesight (milesight.com), DecentLab (decentlab.com), comtac AG (comtac.ch), IoT Solutions Ltd. (iotsolutions.com.mt), Dragino (dragino.com), Valenco (valenco.ch), Cital (cital.io)
- Devices used: DL-5TM - Legacy Soil Moisture and Temperature Sensor by Decentlab GmbH, GroPoint Air - Multi Segment Soil Sensor Converter by Dragino Technology Co., Limited, LoRaWAN Soil Moisture, Temperature | Air temperature/humidity | boosted 12v output from battery by tinovi, Milesight EM500-SMT Soil Moisture Sensor by Milesight IoT Co., Ltd, S2104 - LoRaWAN® Soil Moisture and Temperature Sensor by SenseCAP, S2105-LoRaWAN® Soil Moisture, Temperature and EC Sensor by SenseCAP
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