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The book entry focused on IoT for a controlled environment in agricultural greenhouses. The following considerations inform the focus on IoT and greenhouses. First, regulating the greenhouse microclimate, particularly humidity, light intensity, soil nutritional content, water and temperature, and plant physiology, is key to higher crop yields. Second, IoT systems encompass cloud systems for intelligent agricultural engineering, sensors, soft robots, and wireless communication systems for crop production. The interoperability of the different systems eliminated the need for expensive human labor and improved data-driven decision-making. However, there are practical constraints to widespread adoption, including cost, risk of cyber-physical attacks, resource inequalities in advanced and emerging economies, and consumer attitudes. IoT holds great promise in revolutionizing agriculture and future global food security despite the challenges. The existing challenges will be resolved through future research and development and investment in smart farming by smallholders and large commercial farms.
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Maraveas, C., Bartzanas, T. (2023). Internet of Things (IoT) for Controlled Environment in Greenhouses. In: Zhang, Q. (eds) Encyclopedia of Smart Agriculture Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89123-7_9-1
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