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WEEK 4 (14/3 - 20/3)

In week 4, the previous task which is project background, problem statement and objective were presented to Ts. Dr. Izanoordina. 

I presented the project background with a few of statistics regarding the demands of agriculture in Malaysia and a brief of devices and components that will be used in this project. For example:

"The production of vegetables in Malaysia showed an increase of 0.9 per cent in 2020 with Pahang remained the highest producer with a contribution of 35.1 per cent, followed by Johor (20.2%) and Kelantan (12.5%). Meanwhile, fruit production decreased by 0.7 per cent during the same period. Johor was the highest producer state of fruit in Malaysia with a contribution of 36.0 per cent, followed by Pahang (13.0%) and Sarawak (11.2%)"

The problem statement are derive from a few research on past research papers and journal in research gate. Therefore, the problem statements for my project are time costing, high human resources and no real-time data on crops condition.

For the objective, I proceed as the same with my FYP title registration:

  1. To design an IoT based fertigation system in agriculture industry.
  2. To develop the prototype of IoT based fertigation system that will allow the farmers to monitor and control crops conditions in parameters such as pH soil, and soil moisture. 
  3. To test and evaluate the performance of system by meeting the expected target of the measured parameters.

Ts. Dr. Izanoordina approved the project background, problem statement and objective. The task given next are scopes of project, limitation of project and synopsis of project.




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