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Remote Robotic Irrigation Poised to Tackle Drought Impact On Crops
A remote controlled robotic irrigation system could soon be scaled up to help Rwandan farmers better cope with the effects of dry spells on their crops, according to Pierre Claver Ntigurirwa, an ...
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Soil Moisture Assessment and Drought Monitoring in Arid Environments from GNSS-Reflectometry: A Comparative Analysis between Africa and China - IEEE Xplore
Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) has emerged as a promising tool for remote sensing applications, e.g., soil moisture and drought monitoring. In this paper, soil moisture ...
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A passive capacitive soil moisture and environment temperature UHF RFID based sensor for low cost agricultural applications - IEEE Xplore
In this paper, we present the design, fabrication and calibration of a passive UHF RFID tag based soil moisture and environment temperature sensor. The inter-digital double-sided capacitive sensor ...