Soil Moisture and Temperature Management Using IoT for Sustainable Farming

Soil temperature and moisture are the two most essential indicators of soil health, since they influence numerous critical agricultural, environmental, and morphological activities inside the soil. The temperature and moisture content of the soil are essential determinants in agricultural, engineering, geological, biological, and hydrological research. Soil moisture, a critical component of hydro-meteorological systems, is characterized by the existence of a limited number of molecules of water within the pore spaces. Surface and subsurface soil temperatures and moisture should be regularly monitored and measured using high-resolution data. The Graphical User Interface (GUI) displays the soil's temperature and moisture trends. The most crucial aspect of this system is its data output, that can be viewed and handled remotely using Wi-Fi and an online web application called LabVIEW. The wireless soil temperature and moisture monitoring sensors aid in data collectionData collection, analyzing, presentation, and storage via an easy-to-use interface for irrigation water scheduling over the web. The predominant goal of this chapter is to offer a sophisticated wireless network of sensors for a farming scenario. This report provides farmers with a more efficient and cost-effective technique of measuring many environmental factors important for crop growth, such as temperature, moisture, and relative humidity. These insights might help with irrigation scheduling, soil management, fertilization, and drought monitoring, along with depth analysis of soil moisture and temperature.