IOT INSTRUMENTED

FOOD AND GRAIN

WAREHOUSE
TRACEABILITY SYSTEM
FOR FARMERS
Problem Statement

The main objective of the proposed

system is to provide an IoT based food
and grain warehouse monitoring system
to reduce food losses and increase food
safety.
Goals & Objectives
■ To reduce food losses and increase food safety using Internet of
things.
■ To design and develop an android, iOS and Web application for
real-time monitoring Warehouse.
■ To monitors the variation in the limit set for the sensors and send
real-time updates to farmers.
■ To develop a system that assure extra safety for food and Grain.
Introduction
■ Warehouses are used by producers, middlemen, traders, customers etc. Every year,
farmers face a huge loss due to the problem of storage requirements in warehouses.
This is due to improper monitoring of the food stored and the inability to provide
proper refrigeration systems. Various traditional storage methods were initiated
which forced a huge manual approach which is time-consuming and inefficient.
This system presents a smart IOT based food monitoring system in warehouses
using ESP32and various sensors that continuously monitor the various factors
which may affect the food quality. The Amazon AWS is used as a cloud that helps
in storing & visualization of data. A database is maintained using MySQL and a
login page is created which helps the warehouse administrator for the continuous
surveillance of temperature and humidity
Literature Survey
Rajesh Kumar Kaushal et. al [4]proposed an IoT framework to prevent food from getting
contaminated during storage and transportation. System architecture.K Mohan Raj et. al
proposed [5]an IoT based smart warehouse monitoring system. Various types of sensors used in
the system are vibration, humidity, temperature, fire sensors etc. Alexandru Popa et. al
[6]proposed a method of integrated food monitoring. The system is suitable for vacuum-packed
foods. Sipiwe Chihana et. al [7] proposed and developed a real-time intrusion and tracking
system. Soumya T K et.al proposed [8] a multi-parameter monitoring system using wifi. Saleem
Ulla Shariff et. al proposed a system [9] for monitoring food grains at home. The information
related to the food and storage is sent to the owner using the auto SMS and email alert system.
Sazia Parvin et. al proposed [10] a grain storage system with monitoring and controlling.
Qinghua Zhang et. al proposed an IoT based system framework for the monitoring of the
warehouse environment. Li Lijuan et.al [11] present a wireless transceiver and microcontroller-
based monitoring system. The system described in the literature survey shows efforts taken by
the researchers in the area of food management. However, the food management system needs
to be continuously monitored to check the temperature and humidity.
Proposed Architecture
Project Concept
■ In this system, the important factors such as temperature,
humidity, motion , shock, CO and fire is measured and detected.
With the help of IoT the live data is visualized on the dashboard
using MQTT broker and it can be monitored at any time by the
farmers.
■ The IoT nodes are designed using ESP32 and various sensors.
These nodes are located in the warehouse at various location.
Farmers can observe the information using mobile phone as text
message and e-mail and mobile application. In order to achieve
well-organized warehouses in an easy way, let us present the idea
of setting up a warehouse, which is based on IoT.
Project Features
■ Sensing Parameters- Temperature, Humidity, CO, Fire,
Proximity
■ Low Powered and Battery Operated.
■ Store data on Amazon AWS
■ Visualization and monitoring on Web, Android App and iOS
App, Email and Text messages.
■ Fully Wireless
Hardware required

■ Controller – ESP32
■ Sensor – DHT22, HC-SR-04, KY-02, MQ135, Flame sensor
■ Power Supply (5v DC / Lion Battery)
■ Other – LCD/OLED display
Software required

■ Programming language – C/Python

■ Tool – PyCharm, FileZilla, PuTTY(SSH client)
■ Protocol – MQTT / HTTP
■ Cloud – Amazon AWS
■ Web – HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, PHP
Advantages

■ Better inform and monitor the impact of regulations to avoid

loss of food and grain.
■ Data will be accessible from anywhere and anytime.
■ Empower farmers to make more informed decisions to increase
the profit.
Disadvantages

■ Security and privacy

■ Risk of failure
■ Integration
■ Cost
Conclusion
This work demonstrates the design and implementation of monitoring platform used in the food storage system.
Besides establishing a food maintenance system, it proposes a low-cost solution based on IoT. This system
promotes the upgrading of the warehouse management system avoiding food waste and unnecessary economic loss.
The temperature sensor is used to sense the rise in temperature. The humidity sensor is used to see the percentage
of humidity present in the warehouse. On detection of harmful gas, the gas sensor helps in detecting CO inside the
warehouse. On detection of

tilt or any lateral movement of the rack, the shock sensor is used. If the presence of fire flame detected, to protect
grains from fire, fire sensor is being used and a notification is sent to the user. The sensors data is being displayed
in the dashboard to which a user can monitor the live data results from anywhere and anytime. Dashboard
parameters update automatically with the newest sensor data. Moreover, simultaneously the e-mail is sent to the
user.
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