Sustainable Indoor Farming: Integrating IoT and Data-driven Strategies to Optimize Hydroponic Crop Production

Aim: To discuss the integration of IoT and data-driven strategies into hydroponic crop production with the aim of optimizing the crop growth and yield as a sustainable indoor farming.

Problem Statement: Globally, reduction in the per capita land is becoming prevailing and persistent resulting from the quick rise in population, urbanization and industrialization. This is adversely affecting the quantity of food supply and also hindering the revenue generation from this route. Additionally, unforeseen change in weather and climate conditions, inadequate water management system and temperature rise is causing serious problems to food production.

Significance of Study: There is need to look critically into productive ways of handling the problems attached to food scarcity, part of which is the adoption of hydroponic farming in agricultural systems via which the essential nutrients are given to the plants from the water which is carefully supplied and balanced to the plant roots.

Methodology: This review article was put together using published articles, research write-ups and relevant books in the area of hydroponic farming incorporated with IoT and data-driven techniques for sustainable indoor farming systems.

Discussion: Current researchers have revealed the potential of adopting hydroponics incorporated with IoT and data-driven system as innovative approaches to achieve sustainable agriculture and also address the problems emanating from food security. This article discusses the fundamental principles of hydroponic farming and its historical background. The ways through which the methodology can be achieved are discussed with emphasis on optimizing the farming methods in order to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of the process. This article identifies the challenges of the approach and called for the need for future research studies in this regard. This article examines the involvement of smart farming in hydroponics and states how it assists with crop monitoring, decision-making and predictive analytics. The benefits of IoT technologies for automated system of managing hydroponics and how data gathering in real-time controlled environment agriculture can be attained are highlighted.

Conclusion: In conclusion, it is imperative for both local and international farmers to adopt the IoT and data-driven hydroponic system to ensure ease of operation and also ascertain sustainable indoor farming is achievable. The integration of IoT and data-driven strategies to optimize hydroponic crop production has proven to be instrumental to sustainable indoor farming.