Smart Agricultural Knowledge Discovery System using IoT Technology and Fog Computing

The development of Internet of Things (IoT) and fog computing supports the agricultural field to increase crop productivity and reduce the usage of natural resources. The decision support system provides a wider knowledge to the farmers especially in the decision-making process to increase the crop productivity and profit. In the field of agriculture, different sensors and devices are incorporated to collect different data about the land and sent to the server in cloud environment. These data are processed further to leverage the required knowledge to the farmers. The farmers can communicate with the intelligent decision support system using mobile app and web application to obtain information about the land from domain experts. The proposed system is used as intelligent knowledge system that helps farmer to use natural resources effectively and reduce the effect of soil and water pollution by using pesticide and fertilizer based on the data stored in knowledge base. Precision agriculture with IoT and fog computing that allows people and device to be connected anywhere and anytime in a smart cloud environment in order to provide intelligent service to the farmers.