Here’s another example of a problem statement that can develop into an IoT project – Smart Agriculture. First, we have to verify the pain points.

Problem Statement (Hypothesis)

• Who is attending the farms?
• What are the farm soil nutrient and wetness levels?
• What is the weather condition?
• When does the farm need more fertilizers?
• How to increase yields?
• How to detect food contamination?
• How to coordinate farm logistics?
• Why is the farm producing fewer crops?
• Why is the food contaminated?

How To

• Weather sensors
• Soil sensors
• Tags
• GPS
• Weather station forecast
• Farms and Vehicles
• Network infrastructure (Wifi, 3G)
• Visualization dashboard
• Analytics
• IoT Middleware – FAVORIOT

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• How-To Develop Smart River Monitoring
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• How-To Develop Smart Flood Monitoring System
• How-To Develop Smart Agriculture Solutions
• Check out the COMPLETE Tutorial on How to connect an Arduino to a FAVORIOT Platform. You can also download a STEP-by-STEP Tutorial – [download id=”6641″]

Check out the COMPLETE Tutorial on How to connect an Arduino to the FAVORIOT Platform. You can also download a STEP-by-STEP Tutorial – [download id=”6641″]

[Source: Precision Agriculture: Almost 20% increase in income possible from smart farming]

About the Author

Dr. Mazlan Abbas the Co-Founder of FAVORIOT Sdn Bhd. He is an IOT Evangelist and a Thought Leader. He received an award as 50 Most Impactful Smart Cities Leaders by World CSR 2017. He is ranked No. 20th Thought Leader in IOT by 2014 Onalytics Report – “The Internet of Things – Top 100 Thought Leaders”, ranked Top 10 in IoT Top 100 Influencers by Postscapes 2016/2017, ranked Top 100 in Smart Cities Top Experts by Agilience Authority Index May 2016. You can reach him on LinkedIn or Twitter. Check all his presentation slides HERE.