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Cloud Services for Smart Farming: A Case Study of the Veracruz Almond Crops in Portugal

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Innovations in Smart Cities Applications Volume 6 (SCA 2022)

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Efficient use of resources is a critical factor in almond crops. Technological solutions can significantly contribute to this purpose. The VeraTech project aims to explore the integration of sensors and cloud-based technologies in almond crops for efficient use of resources and reduction of environmental impact. It also makes available a set of relevant and impactful performance indicators in agricultural activity, which promote productivity gains supported by efficient use of resources. The proposed solution includes a sensor network in the almond crops, the transmission of data and its integration in the cloud, making this data available to be consumed, processed, and presented in the monitoring and alerts dashboard. In the current state of the development, several data are collected by sensors, transmitted over LoRaWAN, integrated using AWS IoT Core, and monitored and analysed through a cloud business analytics service.

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Acknowledgment

The research leading to these results has received funding from the Portugal2020 (13/SI/2020) under grant agreement No. 113287 [VERATECH]. The authors would like to thank all VERATECH partners for their contributions.

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  1. Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-084, Castelo Branco, Portugal

    Filipe Fidalgo, Osvaldo Santos, Ângela Oliveira, José Metrôlho, Fernando Reinaldo, Antonino Candeias & Rogério Dionísio

  2. R&D Unit DiSAC, 6000-767, Castelo Branco, Portugal

    Filipe Fidalgo, Osvaldo Santos, Ângela Oliveira, José Metrôlho, Fernando Reinaldo & Rogério Dionísio

  3. Eracruz, 6060-188, Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal

    Jorge Rebelo, Paulo Rodrigues & Rodrigo Serpa

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  1. Faculty of Science and Technology, Computer Engineering Department, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier, Morocco

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  3. Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Science, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal

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Fidalgo, F. et al. (2023). Cloud Services for Smart Farming: A Case Study of the Veracruz Almond Crops in Portugal. In: Ben Ahmed, M., Boudhir, A.A., Santos, D., Dionisio, R., Benaya, N. (eds) Innovations in Smart Cities Applications Volume 6. SCA 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 629. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26852-6_15

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