Successful deployment of a wireless sensor network for precision agriculture in Malawi

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL DEVICES; GENERAL PACKET RADIO SERVICE; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SMALL SCALE FARMERS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY TRAFFIC CONTROL; IRRIGATION; RURAL AREAS; SOIL MOISTURE; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84878661531     PISSN: 15501329     EISSN: 15501477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/150703     Document Type: Article

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