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Database research record2024·Malaysia

The Application of Smart Drip Irrigation System for Precision Farming

Suhardi Suhardi, Bambang Marhaenanto, Bayu Taruna Widjaja Putra

Pertanika journal of science & technology

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Aimed at making urban water-resource management more efficient, this Malaysian study applied and evaluated a soil-moisture-sensor and IoT-based drip irrigation system for urban agriculture. The results showed fair distribution uniformity, with a Coefficient of Uniformity (CU) of 90.15% and 86.58% respectively. An IoT-assisted drip irrigation system that used a Deep Neural Network (DNN) model to meet water requirements produced higher peanut yields than a control irrigation system based on soil moisture alone.