More than two decades of research on IoT in agriculture: a systematic literature review

What is it about?

Agriculture is one sector where the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to make a major impact. Yet, its adoption in the sector falls behind expectations. This paper presents an extensive review of 1355 publications over the last decade, with an aim to highlight the state-of-the-art of research on the IoT in agriculture and investigate its slow adoption. The literature review reveals that the “big three” barriers for the overall sector are cost, skills, and standardization. The lack of connectivity and data governance are two key reasons why most of the proposed IoT solutions are standalone systems of limited scope and the majority of commercial IoT efforts focuses on practices in protected indoor environment. Lastly, the analysis of past research along the five layers of IoT system architecture reveals limited attention on barriers and solutions at the business layer, which represents a research opportunity for information systems scholars.

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