Evapotranspiration (ET)-Based Irrigation System with Internet of Things (IoT) Integration for Smart Farming Application Addressing the ASEAN Impending Water Crisis

Agricultural irrigation is the largest user of fresh water in the Philippines, accounting for 82% of overall fresh water usage. In order to meet industrial water needs, reducing water used for irrigation is important not just in other countries but also here in the Philippines. The motivation for this type of water savings is usually not a shortage of water but a desire to use the available water not for irrigation but for other purposes.

The objective of this project is to evaluate the suitability of evapotranspiration (ET)-based irrigation scheduling technologies for agricultural applications, specifically, the ability of the technologies to: apply the appropriate amount of water at the appropriate time, using the estimated reference ET (ETo) in a particular field. The main controller of the system is the microcomputer which serves as the heart and brain of the system. It controls the storage of sensor data from the sensor module to the cloud storage. The sensor data will then be used in the estimation of water loss in the farm by the computation of the evapotranspiration and will then be the basis for control of the actuators to irrigate the farm, based on the computed amount of water loss.

* Project Leader

Name	Position / Degree	Department, Institution, Country
Jennifer Dela Cruz *	Dr.	Mapua Institute of Technology, Philippines
Meo Vincent C. Caya	Senior Researcher Ph.D. Candidate	Mapua Institute of Technology, Philippines
Febus Reidj Cruz	Senior Researcher Ph.D. Candidate	Mapua Institute of Technology, Philippines
Joseph Bryan Ibarra	Senior Researcher	Mapua Institute of Technology, Philippines
Adrian Chummac	Senior Researcher	College of Engineering, Central Luzon State University, Philippines
Sevia M. Idrus	Dr./Professor	Department of Communication Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Muhammad Al FarabiMuhammad Iqbal	Dr./Senior Lecturer	Department of Communication Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Nadiatulhuda Zulkifli	Dr./Senior Lecturer	Department of Communication Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Khin Than Mya	Head/ Associate Professor/Ph.D.	Embedded System Lab, University of Computer Studies, Yangon, Myanmar
Eiji Kawai	Head	Research on Testbed R&D Promotion, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Japan