A Multi-Input Power System deployment for Enhanced Rice Production

Abstract

Owing to the energy supply challenges observed when Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are implemented for effective coordination and transmission of packets for enhanced rice production, the study focused on actualizing an effective and coordinated power system configuration for enhanced rice production, where a multi-input power model is designed to complement the power of the coordinator (sink node) and the actuator systems. The amount of power required for effective energy distribution is evaluated in the study. The farmland implementation involves coordinated application of fertilizer, weed control/prevention, pest/disease control, rodents and bird’s invasion using a Zigbee-based Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). Modelling of various networks to demonstrate data sensing of different environmental variables and energy consumption in a given farm land was demonstrated.