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Artificial intelligence of things system for monitoring and controlling irrigation using weather information

Abstract

This research focuses on the design and development of a prototype Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) system for monitoring and controlling irrigation using weather information. The system consists of four main components: 1) Weather Station – This component includes various sensors such as air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and sunlight duration, among others, to collect real-time weather data. 2) Controller Unit – This unit is equipped with machine learning algorithms or models to estimate the reference evapotranspiration (ETo) and calculate the plant’s water requirement by integrating the crop coefficient (Kc) with other plant-related data. This enables the system to determine the optimal irrigation amount based on plant needs automatically. 3) User Interface (UI) and Display – This section allows farmers or users to input relevant information, such as plant type, soil type, irrigation system type, number of water emitters, planting distance, and growth stages. It also provides a display for monitoring and interaction with the system. 4) Irrigation Unit – This component is responsible for controlling the water supply and managing the irrigation emitters to ensure efficient water distribution based on the calculated requirements.

Objective

การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพอากาศของโลกทวีความรุนแรงขึ้นอย่างต่อเนื่อง สถานการณ์ดังกล่าวส่งผลกระทบ โดยตรงต่อภาคการเกษตร โดยเฉพาะในประเทศไทยที่มีแนวโน้มเผชิญกับปัญหาการขาดแคลนน้ำและความ ผันผวนของปริมาณน้ำฝน ซึ่งส่งผลต่อทั้งปริมาณและคุณภาพของผลผลิตทางการเกษตรโดยตรง ทั้งนี้ การบริหารจัดการน้ำในภาคเกษตรกรรมของประเทศไทยยังคงเผชิญกับข้อจำกัดหลายประการ เกษตรกรส่วนใหญ่ยังคงพึ่งพาประสบการณ์ส่วนตัวในการให้น้ำพืช ซึ่งอาจนำไปสู่การใช้น้ำที่ไม่มีประสิทธิภาพ เช่น การให้น้ำมากเกินความจำเป็นหรือน้อยเกินไปจนส่งผลกระทบต่อผลผลิต หรืออาจนำไปสู่ปัญหา เช่น การแตกใบอ่อน การร่วงของดอก และมีผลผลิตที่ไม่ได้คุณภาพ (Togneri et al., 2023) ในขณะที่ข้อมูลทาง วิชาการที่สามารถช่วยให้การบริหารจัดการน้ำมีความแม่นยำขึ้น เช่น ค่าอัตราการใช้น้ำของพืชอ้างอิง (Evapotranspiration: ETo) และค่าสัมประสิทธิ์พืช (Kc) กลับเข้าถึงได้ยาก เนื่องจากมีความซับซ้อนในการ คำนวณ อีกทั้งข้อมูลที่มีอยู่มักเป็นข้อมูลเฉลี่ยรายจังหวัดซึ่งไม่สามารถนำไปใช้ได้อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพในระดับ ฟาร์ม โครงการนี้จึงมุ่งเน้นไปที่การพัฒนาระบบปัญญาประดิษฐ์สำหรับการติดตามและควบคุมการให้น้ำพืชอัจฉริยะ โดยอิงข้อมูลสภาพอากาศซึ่งจะช่วยแก้ไขข้อจำกัดของเกษตรกรไทยในการเข้าถึงข้อมูลที่ ถูกต้องและการบริหารจัดการน้ำที่แม่นยำ

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