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Research Article
ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABLE IOT - BASED
SOLUTIONS FOR WATERING THE PLANTS

Kiran Kadam 1

ABSTRACT
The rapid progress in Internet of Things (IoT) technology has paved the way for innovative solutions in sustainable agriculture
and smart irrigation. This study delves into the effectiveness of IoT-based plant watering systems in optimizing water usage,
reducing waste, and promoting sustainability. Present literature shows that there are diverse approaches, technologies, and
methodologies have been used for smart irrigation. To find the areas for improvement, an extensive comparative quantitative
analysis of IoT-based solutions is needed. Although there are various irrigation systems those are based on IoT have proven
efficiency improvements, there exists certain areas those still need to work on including reduction in uses of energy, cost-
reduction and adaptation capabilities for changing environmental conditions.
KEYWORDS: Sustainable, Watering Plants, Irrigation, Quantitative Analysis.

INTRODUCTION management, but they also work perfectly well in smaller
spaces like city gardens or greenhouses. This flexibility
The most essential resource today is water which is needed makes them a really practical choice for managing water
for sustaining life as well as required for agricultural wisely in all sorts of places.
activities. Because of the changing lifestyles and
urbanization, availability of water is reducing day by day. But of course, it’s not all perfect. There are still some big
Other factors responsible for water availability reduction challenges to think about. For one, the upfront cost of
include rapid growth in population, changes in climate and installing these systems can be pretty high. Then there are
the improper uses of water and water losses. And various technical headaches—like making sure the sensors are
Traditional irrigation methods involve practices which lead properly calibrated so they give accurate readings. There are
to significant water wastage. also worries about keeping all the data private and secure,
especially as these systems get more connected. And there’s
Hence, there arises a need to have irrigation system which the added challenge of figuring out how to power everything
involve lesser wastage of water. Internet of things (IoT) sustainably, for example by linking it up with renewable
helps to build water irrigation systems which are emerging energy sources.
as an innovative and eco-friendly alternatives to traditional
irrigation systems. IoT based irrigation systems help in On top of that, while there’s been a fair amount of research
efficient utilization of water with the help of multiple into IoT-based irrigation so far, there’s still a big gap when it
technologies including sensor networks, data analytics and comes to combining it with other technologies in smarter
automation. ways. Very few studies have really dug into what happens
when you mix IoT with things like AI and blockchain. Yet
IoT-based irrigation systems work really well with other this kind of integration has real potential to save even more
modern technologies. For example, they can easily connect water and make systems much smarter.
with soil moisture sensors that tell you how dry the soil is,
weather forecasting tools that predict rain or heat, cloud If researchers can tackle these gaps, it could make these
computing for storing and sharing data, and artificial smart irrigation systems way more appealing and practical
intelligence (AI) to help make sense of all that information. around the world.
When these tools work together, they help the system figure That’s really what this paper is aiming to do. It’s about
out-on the spot-exactly when to water and how much to use. reviewing how these IoT-based systems can be used
That means water gets delivered exactly when it’s needed, sustainably to water plants. The goal is to take a close look at
based on what the environment is like at that moment. what’s already been studied, figure out how well these
systems really work, point out where they fall short, and
Because all of this is automated, it doesn’t need much human suggest ways to improve them so they can be used even
effort. You don’t have to constantly monitor or adjust things more widely in the future.
by hand. That really helps cut down on wasted water and
improves how efficiently the whole system runs. A comparative quantitative study will be conducted to
compare the different technologies in terms of saving usage
What’s also great is that these systems aren’t limited to one of water, use of energy, cost effectiveness and flexibility.The
type of setting. They’re versatile. You can use them in big, outcomes of this research will contribute to the ongoing
open agricultural fields that need a lot of careful water

Corresponding author: kiran@imdr.edu
1
Institute of Management Development and Research, Pune
Cite this Paper :
Kiran, K., (2025)
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