Volume 18, No. 6, 2021
Empowering Smart Agriculture Through Iot-Driven Blockchain Monitoring
S.Narasimmasubramanian , Dr S.ArumugaPerumal
Abstract
Agriculture is emerging as a crucial sector globally due to the significant increase in population. It is essential for a country's economic development. This paper aims to explore how the integration of IoT can address the core requirements of Blockchain, ultimately leading to the creation of IoT-based Blockchain applications. The proposed system explains how combining IoT (Internet of Things) with Blockchain technology can enhance intelligent agriculture. It highlights the main objectives of this integration, which include improving traceability and transparency in the supply chain, ensuring data security, managing resources more efficiently, promoting sustainability, and aiding in better decision-making. Examples provided show practical applications such as monitoring crop conditions, automating irrigation systems, and using smart contracts for crop insurance. Overall, the integration aims to make agriculture more efficient, transparent, and sustainable. To gather field and environmental data in real-time, including temperature, humidity, light intensity, and soil moisture content, the suggested design integrates several sensors. This data is stored on an IoT cloud platform, where it is analyzed to schedule irrigation using blockchain technology. The paper also examines the current algorithms and potential optimizations for an IoT-based Blockchain agriculture application. An intelligent agriculture application enables farmers to increase their agricultural yield while minimizing environmental impact and allows both farmers and customers to monitor plant growth. Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain are innovative technologies where each node participates in a distributed ledger, ensuring data transparency for agricultural inputs. This paper contributes to understanding how Blockchain integrated with IoT in agriculture offers a reliable, traceable, and transparent system for trade.
Pages: 9949-9960
Keywords: Blockchain, IoT, DLT.