Planning a plantation monitoring system for application in family farming

Abstract

The transformations resulting from industry 4.0 also impacted agriculture, being designated as Agriculture 4.0, responsible for using monitoring technologies in plantations. However, family farming still does not exhibit the usage of existing technologies, therefore, the present work proposed to study the field of agriculture 4.0 in Brazil and the circumstances of family farmers, with the purpose of developing a device capable of introducing principles of agriculture 4.0 in such properties. The project included the elaboration of a literary survey, centered on startups, industry and agriculture, together with a questionnaire directed to family farmers, responsible for collecting 10 responses and pointing out the small contact that the participants have with agriculture 4.0, and finally the development of a prototype, capable of measuring air temperature and humidity and soil moisture near a plant, the device has not yet been subjected to field tests, but it shows promise in its performance under real conditions.

Keywords

• agricultura 4.0
• agricultura familiar
• arduino