Automatic Climate Control for Mushroom Cultivation using IoT Approach

Abstract

In Malaysia, most farmers only depend on traditional agricultural practices. To improve the efficiency as well as the productivity of their farms, modern agricultural technology was proven to be better than traditional practices. Internet of Things (IoT) is usually related in modern agriculture which provides the farmer with a real-time monitoring condition of their farm from anywhere and anytime. Nowadays, oyster mushroom is one of the favorite plants to be cultivated among Malaysian farmers. However, it is still overshadowed by the traditional cultivation approach, which is costly, low productivity and more maintenance. Therefore, this work aims to develop an automatic climate control system at a minimized cost, which can control the condition of the farm as well as optimize the resources. Our proposed IoT-based design was tested in real environment at NASOM Bandar Puteri Centre. Oyster mushroom requires an optimum temperature ranging from 20 to 30°C and humidity from 70 to 80 percent. Two sensors were placed at the center and corner of the mushroom house to measure the temperature and humidity which were transmitted to the remote monitoring station via a micro-controller unit for further action. The result conducted for six days showed that an efficient automatic monitoring system, which can control the farm's house as well as minimized the resources and human efforts.