IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

International Journal of Engineering and Modern Technology (IJEMT )

E-ISSN 2504-8848
P-ISSN 2695-2149
VOL. 9 NO. 3 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/ijemt.v9.no3.2023.pg86.101

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Smart Farm System for Irrigation and Flood Control Using Sensor Nodes

Ahiwe E.Emeka, Ufoaroh U. Steve, Nwafor C.Michael, and Sani O. Mohammed

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Abstract

Agricultural sector plays an important role in economic growth, yet it’s not without challenges like drought, flooding etc, which results to poor yield. This work developed a robust smart system to enhance both irrigation and flood control to boost agricultural production. In the system’s implementation, Arduino based instrumentation, integrated with temperature, soil moisture and water level sensors was adopted to monitor the agricultural environment, while reporting the status wirelessly through the Radio Frequency (RF) modules operating at a frequency of 433MHz with a wavelength of 0.69m, to the base station. The base station evaluated the received data and either activated or deactivated the irrigation or drainage pump using specified threshold values. The remote reporting of the state of the farm was done by deploying a 900MHz transmitter. The work was validated through an experimental test bed, which was used for field experiments, data collection and evaluation. The operational test of the system showed that the soil sample was effectively irrigated when dried and evacuated excess water when over flooded. These results highlight the potentials of smart technology in monitoring and control of both irrigation and flooding within the farm and in turn boost the productivity.

keywords:

Flood; Moisture; Sensors; Irrigation; Testbed

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