EXPLORATIVE STUDY OF DIGITALIZATION AGRICULTURE: A CASE OF INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) STARTUP

• Main Author: Maulana Sidik, Muhammad
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/43101
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Nowadays population growth in line with increasing demand of food. In otherwise agricultural land conditions is experience shrinking. Precision agriculture is a solution for the issue where the use of the internet of things (IoT) in agriculture is one way to overcome the problem of inefficiency in agricultural production. The purpose of this study is to describe the implementation of the IoT platform in agriculture, identify the effect of the adoption of the IoT platform on the farming component, and identify the steps of change that need to be created by the IoT platform in its contribution to creating aspects of agricultural farming. This study use a qualitative mutilplecase study approach which combined with explorative type. Data is taken by in-depth interviews and field observations through purposive sampling. The location of the study was conducted at four IoT startups located in Bandung and Yogyakarta as well as farmers partners using the IoT platform located in Cisarua, West Bandung Regency; Ngantang, Malang Regency; Pondokbali, Subang Regency; Losarang, Indramayu Regency; and Grabag, Purworejo Regency. The collected data is then analyzed using content analysis approaches, actor-network theory, and the theory of change (ToC). The implementation of the IoT platform that feels useful for farmers today is the efficiency of feeding; water quality monitoring; watering efficiency of plants; and weather and land monitoring in the category of freshwater fish, shrimp, horticulture, and food crops. As for the sociotechnogram, the adoption of the IoT platform makes the agricultural component increase at the same time which makes the relationship between the agricultural components more optimal. Based on the theory of change using a bottom-up approach, it is found that the steps of change that can be taken are categorized into aspect of awareness and skills of IoT technology, farmers' welfare aspect, environmental aspects, and technological aspects.