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Enabling Technology for Water Smart Agriculture: A Test Bed for Water and Energy Efficiency for Developing Nations

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This chapter presents a framework for water smart irrigation system through the use of modern yet low-cost technology. The proposed framework can be employed as a test bed for not only water efficiency but also energy efficiency since the savings in water pumping directly leads to the savings in energy. It presents an approach to integrate real-time condition monitoring of soil and climate data through wireless sensor nodes that can enable the control system to achieve optimal scheduling of water actuation for high irrigation efficiency.

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    Syed Muhammad Raza Kazmi

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    Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo

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Kazmi, S.M.R. (2020). Enabling Technology for Water Smart Agriculture: A Test Bed for Water and Energy Efficiency for Developing Nations. In: Asadi, S., Mohammadi-Ivatloo, B. (eds) Food-Energy-Water Nexus Resilience and Sustainable Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40052-1_10

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