The lack of practical, energy-efficient, and scalable IoT-based environmental sensing systems for precision agriculture
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The gap
The lack of practical, energy-efficient, and scalable IoT-based environmental sensing systems for precision agriculture. The need for a system that combines low-cost multi-parameter sensing, compact payload construction, LoRaWAN-based uplink transmission, backend visualization, energy-aware operation, field evaluation, and scalability analysis.
Evidence profile
Sourced from the stated research gap and future-work section and recommendations of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 176 times in total.
Research trend
Established — well-defined area with open sub-problems.
Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps
- An Integrated LoRa-Enabled IoT Sensing System for Precision Agriculture: Design Algorithm and Practical Evaluation (2026) · Engineering and Technology Horizons · doi
The lack of practical, energy-efficient, and scalable IoT-based environmental sensing systems for precision agriculture. The need for a system that combines low-cost multi-parameter sensing, compact payload construction, LoRaWAN-based uplink transmission, backend visualization, energy-aware operation, field evaluation, and scalability analysis.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: lack practical energy-efficient scalable iot-based environmental sensing systems - How the internet of things technology improves agricultural efficiency (2024) · Artificial Intelligence Review · cited 88× · doi
There is a need for innovative solutions to achieve the required growth in agricultural production within the constraints of finite resources and environmental concerns - The current literature on IoT in agriculture highlights the potential benefits and challenges of adopting IoT in agriculture, but further research is necessary to develop comprehensive frameworks
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: there need innovative solutions achieve required growth agricultural - How the internet of things technology improves agricultural efficiency (2024) · Artificial Intelligence Review · cited 88× · doi
Further research is necessary to develop comprehensive frameworks that consider technological, economic, and social perspectives on IoT in agriculture - The emergence of 5G, as well as upcoming 6G and 7G technologies, will further enhance the connectivity and capabilities of IoT devices, leading to a transformative impact on our interaction with technology and the world around us
generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5Keywords: further research necessary develop comprehensive frameworks consider technological - Optimizing Crop Yield and Monitoring Leaves with an Intelligent Internet of Things (2026) · EAI Endorsed Transactions on Internet of Things · doi
towards farming, to be more precise. The system might have connected to drones and autonomous vehicles and been adapted to work on dissimilar varieties of crops and agricultural contexts including small farms and large business ventures. The IoT required an upgrade of its infrastructure to safeguard the information of consumers.
generalrecommendationsevidence 5/5Keywords: towards farming precise system connected drones autonomous vehicles adapted dissimilar varieties crops agricultural contexts including
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