DEVELOPMENT OF ENHANCED AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE SYSTEMS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Abstract

The Greenhouse system provides a controlled environment for breeding highvalue crops, medical plants, and flowers. Literature review shows that crops grown inside the Greenhouse are healthier with better results. The automation of greenhouses is necessary to solve the problem of over-irrigation of crops due to human error, which results in low crop yield and death of crops. This work examines and investigates farming techniques and proposes how the automation of the greenhouse technology using the Android phone for its operations will be of benefit. This research further developed an IoT agricultural Greenhouse System that will enable farmers to carry out automated irrigation and to remotely view the activities in the greenhouse. This advanced irrigation method uses an IoT technological approach to monitor the temperature of the farm to determine when to turn on the irrigation system, light, and fan for crop growth using the Android system. A user interface, to monitor the temperature and soil
humidity, and display the activities in the agricultural Greenhouse System, was also developed. The system evaluation showed higher efficiency in performance using temperature and humidity parameters measurement