THE USE OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS IN AFRICAN AGRICULTURE
Ali, Mustafa (2015)
Oulun ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015052810934
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015052810934
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The aim of this Master’s thesis was to survey some of the works initiated in the use of Wireless Sensor Networks in African agriculture and to advocate the use of this technology on the continent by exposing its different applications like automated irrigation, soil moisture measurement and temperature detection.
Examples of researches, seminars, theses and some development projects were studied to support the use of WSN technology in Africa. Seven different works discussing the use of technology in Africa were surveyed by analyzing their purposes, main applications, successes and their real operations.
A farmer WSN tool kit was found a friendly device which can operate as a hand set WSN tool which can help farmers to interact with the network to retrieve valuable agricultural information. All the works surveyed suggested that by enabling the use of this technology applications in African agriculture will add remarkable changes in productions and change the traditional farming habits.
Although this thesis surveyed different works, still it was more theoretical. If practical prototype examples had been tested, the results would have shown different methods to follow.
Examples of researches, seminars, theses and some development projects were studied to support the use of WSN technology in Africa. Seven different works discussing the use of technology in Africa were surveyed by analyzing their purposes, main applications, successes and their real operations.
A farmer WSN tool kit was found a friendly device which can operate as a hand set WSN tool which can help farmers to interact with the network to retrieve valuable agricultural information. All the works surveyed suggested that by enabling the use of this technology applications in African agriculture will add remarkable changes in productions and change the traditional farming habits.
Although this thesis surveyed different works, still it was more theoretical. If practical prototype examples had been tested, the results would have shown different methods to follow.