Studies show that due to the exponential growth of the population, farmers will need to produce 70% more food in the upcoming years. This demonstrates the importance of farm yield enhancement and the smart management of water for agriculture.

IoT technologies are being implemented around the world to help farmers close the supply-demand gap. These smart solutions ensure the high profitability of the yields, the optimization of resources, and the reduction of operational costs. Farmers can now monitor the crop field and livestock with the help of sensors, drones, and even automated systems in greenhouses.

A smart agriculture project in Salermo, Italy, has implemented an IoT system technology to control fertilizer, irrigation, and monitor leaf growth. Farmers can remotely control several parameters, such as temperature, luminosity, or humidity, via sensors, resulting in decreasing plant diseases, improving the health of the crop, and lowering the use of fertilisers and chemicals in agricultural yields.

Farms have to follow a set of regulations for their livestock welfare. While animal care is time and mind-consuming, an increasing number of farmers choose to enjoy the benefits of IoT solutions.

Smart wearable devices for farm animals can measure many parameters like temperature, movement, sleep, food intake, and health issues. The monitoring of the livestock conditions with smart devices and later data analyses helps farmers to understand what their livestock needs are.

Pohuetai Farms in New Zealand is a large breeding property that has benefited from IoT technologies.
To identify ewes for special care, Pohetai Farms is using electronic identification tags.

The data recorded by this technology makes it possible for the team to follow ewes conditions at various stages.

In Israel Yoni from Dimri Dairy Farms says, without a smart identification and monitoring system, it would be hard to find out that a certain animal doesn’t feel well – when you will find out, it will be too late.

Long-distance shipping has always been a challenge for businesses. It usually takes a long time for orders to arrive and sometimes it’s hard to know their whereabouts.

IoT technology has made it easier to connect tracking devices into transportation management systems and provide information about the asset.
Tracking devices can give a competitive advantage to businesses by allowing them to improve the service by optimizing shipping routes, reducing costs, and making customers satisfied.

AroFlo, a job management solutions company in Australia, invested in some IoT technology that helps their professionals gain efficiency in daily operations and simplify workflows.

GPS asset tracking solution, helps AroFlo and their clients monitor processes in real-time to prevent theft, optimize asset usage and improve maintenance strategies.

In places where natural phenomena are very intense it is essential to be prepared for any event. Climate monitoring can be a big help to deal with floods, landslides, or strong winds that can be a disaster and very dangerous for the population.

IoT-based monitoring systems can be installed in the intended area to observe the weather by collecting data, monitoring, and measuring changes in air pressure or wind. This smart device consists of temperature, humidity, wind direction and speed, barometric pressure, and rainfall sensors.

A climate monitoring system has been implemented in Switzerland, where a large number of cost-effective sensors are being used to allow measurements in several locations. This IoT technology can offer real-time updates, historical data for decision-making and can also simulate climate situations for city governments to know what actions should be done in many possible chaos scenarios.

Due to climate change, wildfires have been growing in numbers. For that reason, wildfire season is always a big challenge for local governments that can have a hard time predicting and detecting those forest fire incidents.

This is where IoT technology plays a major part, preventing and fighting these natural disasters. With the help of smart sensors that measure temperature, CO2 levels, humidity, wind speed and direction, local governments have a technological tool to fight forest fires.

The city of San Francisco and Los Angeles, are developing digital models that enable them to monitor climate data.

The IoT sensors and systems will help them to predict and prevent the upcoming fire.

Several industries can truly benefit from IoT movement technologies, such as security or medical.
In the health department, IoT can be a lifesaver for elderly, younger or ill people, and help their caregivers.
Smart sensors can be installed in a particular room or space and can show and alert strange or non-predicted movements. These devices can also have good use in security systems, alongside security cameras.

AIG, the insurance company, chose to adopt wearable technology into movement sensors for construction workers.
When a worker wearing these sensors enters a dangerous area, such as a blind spot around heavy machinery, the system warns the worker to move to a safer location while turning the machine off. It helps to increase the safety of people working in dangerous workplaces.

One of the most popular IoT implementations, smart utilities, and metering usage has been growing fast. Electricity and gas monitoring is the most popular smart meter that makes it possible to optimize energy distribution. These smart devices assure people the necessary insights to improve energy efficiency while decreasing its cost.

Some Chinese markets have had trouble with accurate electricity billings, so China implemented a new automated meter reading service for electronic devices that can optimize meter reading processes. This brought huge benefits to the electricity network across China.

Retail and supply chain management was one of the first industries to be made smart.

The responsibility it takes from an organization to make all the processes work perfectly is enormous so, it is crucial to integrate IoT technology. This leads to an increase in process efficiency and the improvement of customer services.

DroneUp, a retail delivery solution that works with unmanned aircraft systems, has partnered with big retailers such as Walmart, to manage drone deliveries at scale.

Shelf Engine, a company that automates the entire grocery supply chain, has created a smart and machine learning predictive system that generates orders for its clients.

One of the most popular IoT implementations, smart utilities, and metering usage has been growing fast. Electricity and gas monitoring is the most popular smart meter that makes it possible to optimize energy distribution. These smart devices assure people the necessary insights to improve energy efficiency while decreasing its cost.

Some Chinese markets have had trouble with accurate electricity billings, so China implemented a new automated meter reading service for electronic devices that can optimize meter reading processes. This brought huge benefits to the electricity network across China.

Water is becoming one of the most precious resources on the planet due to climate change and population growth. In addition, the quality of water has also been decreasing in some parts of the world.

IoT technology can help to improve water usage and management with sensors that measure the pH, salinity, temperature, and oxygen.

The city of Stockholm, in partnership with Ericsson and other big companies, enables real-time water quality monitoring using IoT technology.

Sensors were placed throughout Stockholm’s water system and made it possible for the network to control the water quality parameters.
The data collected by the sensors inform about water quality changes and alerts about events like a discharge of contaminated industrial wastewater.

Nine out of ten people of the world population live in places with poor air quality levels. Governments and regulators are ready to implement IoT solutions to solve this environmental issue.

IoT technologies are the best solution to help identify the sources of pollution and solve them. Smart sensors can measure and report air quality and provide precise information in a much more cost-effective way.

Liverpool John Moores University uses IoT technology to monitor real-time air quality throughout the Liverpool City Region. The goal is to analyze the consequences of traffic volume in air quality and implement smart solutions to decrease it.

Environment issues have been concerning an increasing number of enterprises and municipalities.
Cities and companies have been adopting recycling programs in which organizations track consumption patterns and schedule operations according to them.

But if we upgrade it to a smart recycling model, it is possible to optimize that process into a much more environmentally friendly one.

When incorporating IoT technologies, companies can gather more information, get real-time data updates and optimize operations.

Sensors are one of the solutions where it’s possible to monitor operations, alongside computer vision systems that process the type of material placed in the container and sort it automatically.

Spain is one of the countries that have been promoting smart waste management. By incorporating such technology, some municipalities are now able to operate installed sensors in waste containers that optimize waste collection routes in real-time.
Container weighing systems are also being installed in garbage trucks to calculate the discharge of a specific area. This information is then combined, analyzed, and results in a much more efficient service with costs-reduction and lower emissions from vehicles.

Agriculture and all of its applicants have been changing a lot in the past years due to the Internet of Things. The winemaking industry is not different. Wine is a sensible liquid, and it must be treated with care.

Measuring specific aspects of the ambience and the environment is imperative for the best growth of grapes. The weather conditions, temperature, solar radiation and atmospheric pressure are important indicators of how the grapes can grow. The leaves’ wetness, soil’s moisture and temperature are also important. These factors can influence the size and the taste of the grapes and, consequently, the wine’s quality. There are lots of different IoT applications, such as smart sensors, that are prepared to help control these elements.

A California winemaker, Christian Palmaz, not having the same skills as his ancestors, decided to join his two passions, wine and computer science. After understanding the importance of temperature, oxygen levels and other metrics, Christian spent six years developing a smart fermentation tank aspiring to help winemakers make better wine. This modern smart device would help producers monitor every key aspect such as temperature, humidity and even atmospheric elements. Christian believes in IoT’s importance and claims that technology has improved his winemaker’s family business into something much bigger, reliable and excellent.

Olive groves are growing to become the next significant IoT investment. Olives, being small and sensible fruits, demand accurate monitoring and care.
Several IoT solutions can be used in the olive groves, preferably sensors that measure temperature, humidity, CO2, atmospheric pressure, weather conditions, leaf wetness, solar radiation and soil moisture and temperature. On the olive mill, besides all aspects mentioned before, smart sensors can control leak or spill situations, monitor CO2 levels, and much more.

Smart sensors used in agricultural practices can significantly impact the final result. The olives and their environment are thoroughly controlled, so nothing is wasted, and the olive oil reaches maximum perfection.

Two Agricultural Cooperatives in Greece (Mesolonghi-Nafpaktia “Enosi” and Kainourgio), in the area of Aetoloakarnania, have been experimenting with new systems for smart farming services such as irrigation and crop protection of Kalamata type olives. Greece is known for the quality of its olives, so monitoring those inputs is crucial because it will lead to cost-reduction and quality improvement and reduce the environmental impacts of olive production.

Transportation is essential in the movement of people and goods, and because of the population growth, it is also natural that gas emissions from vehicles also increase. According to some studies, more than 25% of cars drive around cities to find a parking spot, which results in unnecessary gas emissions.

Thanks to technological innovations, smart systems are being built to offer solutions for the pollution disaster. This is how smart parking was born. As one of the smart city’s most essential aspects, smart parking is an efficient and cost-effective solution to monitor the availability of parking spaces in real-time. IoT technology collects traffic and road conditions data through sensors, which analyses help to improve the flow of city traffic and offer the population a much safer and more satisfying experience. The deployment of smart sensors and cameras also contributes to reducing the harmful effects of congestion since fewer cars are damaging the environment with gas emissions.

The city centre of New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, is where everything happens. It is always full of tourists and beach enthusiasts and is a working harbour. So, the city council decided that something must be done regarding the parking situation. In order to make tourists, workers and residents’ lives more accessible, the city implemented a smart parking system which registers whether each parking bay is occupied or vacant. The information collected by smart sensors is sent to a mobile application, which provides drivers with real-time information about parking availability and time-extending options. It also allows them to pay for the parking session easily and quickly. This data is then analysed, so the council understands how the system is being used and what improvements are needed.

Automation plays a crucial role in today’s industries, and with the increasing demand in the global poultry sector, technology and IoT solutions are required for its success.

Smart devices can help producers keep track of the internal environment situation of the poultry farm remotely. Many different devices and sensors can control essential parameters such as temperature, humidity and dust particles. This can be monitored via a mobile application and always according to client requirements.

IoT technology is always the best option to meet basic safety demands, either for animals or people.

Most agricultural industries in Malaysia use traditional farming methods to monitor and control poultry production. However, the demand is increasing exponentially, and it requires more advanced technology to reach maximum efficiency. In Myra Farms & Services, a smart system has been implemented to optimise production. IoT technology such as sensors is used to measure the environment temperature, ammonia and humidity of the chicken poultry’s place. The data collected by the sensors is analysed and sent to other smart devices such as air ventilation devices, offering better conditions for the smart poultry farm and consequently a better outcome.