ITU-T Recommendations

Supplement 76 to ITU-T Y-series Recommendations surveys use cases related to smart agriculture from the perspective of, but not limited to: 1) smart greenhouse; 2) smart open field; 3) smart hydroponics; 4) smart livestock barn; and 5) smart agriculture data service.
Globally, difficulties in food supply and demand are expected due to problems such as climate change, water shortage, rapid urbanization, reduction of agricultural land and an aging population.
Smart agriculture is based on accurate data on the growth and environmental information of crops and livestock, and monitors the growth environment of crops and livestock anytime, anywhere, and prescribes them in a timely manner, even if less labour, energy and nutrients are introduced than before. It means agriculture that can greatly improve the quality and quantity of products.
In general, smart agriculture can remotely or automatically perform the maintenance and management of the growth environment of crops and livestock by using Internet of things (IoT), big-data, artificial intelligence, automation systems and robot technologies in greenhouses, vertical plant farms, open field farms or livestock barns.
Because there are a number of IoT devices applied to smart agriculture, it is very important to know their interaction for interoperability. For this reason, it is necessary to survey existing as well as forthcoming smart agriculture technologies and then based on the results, develop meaningful standardization work items.