Design of Smart Farm Irrigation Monitoring System Using IoT and LoRA

Abstract

Agriculture is an essential part of society in Indonesia because most of the population lives off of farming. Water and irrigation are the most critical and central factors in the agricultural system. The uneven distribution of irrigation water can be a problem for farmers. In addition, most of the current irrigation systems are still operated manually, for example, irrigation gates. The gate still works manually and requires human labor to run it. This study aims to design a smart farm irrigation system using internet of things and LoRa communication technology. LoRa can transmit information up to a range of several kilometers without an internet connection. It will be advantageous when the farm's location is deep in the forest, and there is no GSM signal for internet access. This study indicates that this system brings benefits for farmers in running agriculture. Farmers' work time is shorter. They can use the remaining time to do other businesses to increase their income. The irrigation monitoring process becomes easier because they do not need to come to the farm location. In fact, they can use smartphones to monitor it.

Implementasi Pertanian Cerdas Berbasis Iot Pada Kelompok Tani Teger 02 Desa Mangunsari

“…Mengingat jumlah anggota kelompok tani yang terbatas, yaitu sekitar 20 orang, penyiraman lahan dilaksanakan secara bergantian setiap harinya. Hal ini menyesuaikan besar kecilnya ukuran pohon dengan ukuran yang lebih besar akan membutuhkan air yang lebih banyak dibandingkan pohon kecil (Irianto et al, 2022). petani memiliki identitas, terpercaya, ideologi, emosional, dan pembelajaran transformatif, sehingga jarang diantara mereka yang dapat mengawasi kelembaban tanah 24 jam (Cáceres et al, 2021).…”

Evaluasi dan Analisis Kinerja LoRa Pada Sistem Irigasi Pertanian Berbasis IoT

“…Namun masih sedikit penelitian IoT yang menerapkan komunikasi LoRa dalam memonitoring sistem irigasi berbasis IoT. Salah satu contoh penelitian terbaru yang memanfaatkan LoRa pada sistem irigasi pertanian adalah penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Irianto yang berjudul "Design of Smart Farm Irrigation Monitoring System Using IoT and LoRA" [7]. Pada penelitian tersebut, Irianto membangun sebuah prototipe sistem monitoring irigasi pertanian cerdas dengan memanfaatkan LoRa sebagai model komunikasi nirkabelnya dan melakukan pengujian dan pengukuran nyata.…”

Performance Evaluation of LoRa in Farm Irrigation System with Internet of Things

“…Smart farming makes it possible to increase productivity and reduce farm losses [12] [13]. Among the uses of IoT in smart farming are agricultural machines that can be operated automatically, increasing efficiency in agricultural resource management, monitoring agricultural products using sensors, and automating agricultural irrigation systems [14] [15].…”

“…Furthermore, several IoT researchers have applied LoRa communication for monitoring IoT-based irrigation systems namely in [22][23] [24][25] [26]. One example of the latest research that uses LoRa in agricultural irrigation systems is a study conducted in [15]. The author built an intelligent agricultural irrigation monitoring system prototype using LoRa as its wireless communication model and conducted actual tests and measurements.…”