@incollection{fdi:010085798, title = {{D}eploying low-cost and full edge-{I}o{T}/{AI} system for optimizing irrigation in smallholder farmers communities}, author = {{P}ham, {C}. and {R}ahim, {A}. and {H}artmann, {C}hristian and {D}upont, {C}. and {F}orster, {J}. and {M}arkwordt, {F}. and {P}rintanier, {J}ean-{F}rancois and {K}echar, {B}. and {B}enkhelifa, {M}. and {B}araka, {K}. and {B}enabdelouahab, {T}. and {B}artzanas, {T}. and {F}ountas, {S}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A}bout 35% of the world's food are produced in small-scale farms while only occupying about 12% of all agricultural land. {H}owever, smallholder farmers usually face a number of constraints and the water resource is one of the major constraints. {T}he usage of smart technologies and especially sensor systems in so-called {S}mart {F}arming {T}echnologies can be applied to the optimization of irrigation. {R}egardless of the irrigation technique, soil sensors are promising in providing data that can be used to further reduce the usage of water. {H}owever, despite all these possibilities, the smallholder community are still reluctant to step into technology-based systems. {T}here are various reasons but prohibitive cost and complexity of deployment usually appear overwhelming. {T}he {PRIMA} {INTEL}-{IRRIS} project has the ambition to make digital and smart farming technologies attractive & more accessible to these communities by proposing the intelligent irrigation 'in-the-box' concept. {T}his paper describes the low-cost and full edge-{I}o{T}/{AI} system targeting the smallholder farmers communities and how it can provide the intelligent irrigation 'in-the-box' concept.}, keywords = {}, booktitle = {{W}orkshops at 18th {I}nternational {C}onference on {I}ntelligent {E}nvironments ({IE}2022)}, numero = {31}, pages = {126--135}, address = {{A}msterdam}, publisher = {{IOS} {P}ress}, series = {{A}mbient {I}ntelligence and {S}mart {E}nvironments}, year = {2022}, DOI = {10.3233/{AISE}220030}, ISBN = {978-1-64368-286-0}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010085798}, }