Blockchain-Based IoT for Precision Agriculture

Abstract

In recent years, IoT has been increasingly applied in agriculture to transform traditional farming practices into smart and precision agriculture (PA) that are more efficient, productive, and sustainable. However, its implementation in agriculture faces several challenges, including network coverage, reliability, lack of flexibility, and scalability. To address these challenges, current research has focused on developing new communication protocols and technologies, along with several IoT architectural design patterns, especially those based on SOA, which play a crucial role in designing service-oriented solutions. This chapter presents comprehensive and impactful solutions for blockchain-based IoT applications in PA. It proposes novel models combining IoT, blockchain, fog and cloud computing for the development of decentralized applications with independent, autonomous, and interoperable functionalities and services based on the SOA approach. Also, technical challenges, research directions, and the recent advances towards an optimized blockchain-based IoT ecosystem for PA are presented.