Successful deployment of a Wireless Sensor Network for precision agriculture in Malawi

Proceedings - 2012 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Networked Embedded Systems for Every Application, NESEA 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mafuta, Million ^a,d   Zennaro, Marco ^b   Bagula, Antoine ^c   Ault, Graham ^a   Gombachika, Harry ^d   Chadza, Timothy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

precision agriculture; soil moisture; solar power; water scarcity; WSN deployment

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PACKET RADIO SERVICES; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; WATER SCARCITY; WSN DEPLOYMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY TRAFFIC CONTROL; IRRIGATION; RURAL AREAS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR ENERGY; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84875587786     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NESEA.2012.6474009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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