@article{chandra2022democratizing, author = {Chandra, Ranveer and Manohar, Swami and Chakraborty, Tusher and Ding, Jian and Kapetanovic, Zerina and Kumar, Peeyush and Vasisht, Deepak}, title = {Democratizing Data-Driven Agriculture Using Affordable Hardware}, year = {2022}, month = {January}, abstract = {The world needs to sustainably grow more food to feed the growing population of the planet. Data-driven agriculture is a promising technique that can help farmers be more productive, reduce costs, and enable adoption of sustainable agricultural practices. However, the adoption of data-driven agriculture is limited by a lack of affordable technologies, for broadband, sensing, imaging, and insights. In this article, we present an overview of Project FarmBeats, a research project that started in 2014 to increase the adoption of data-driven agricultural practices. We provide an overview of the various components of the FarmBeats architecture, and details of the hardware innovations.}, url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/democratizing-data-driven-agriculture-using-affordable-hardware/}, pages = {69-77}, journal = {IEEE Micro}, volume = {42}, number = {1}, }