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    Smart Farming for a Sustainable Future: Automating Hydroponics
    (2023-11-21) Zorn, Marcos; Ulrich, Elian
    Abstract - As the population grows, so does food consumption, but the planet has a limited capacity for growing fruit or vegetables. Moreover, there are vast areas of challenging soils worldwide where traditional farming is not feasible. Hydroponics plays a vital role in those areas where crops cannot be grown due to the absence of suitable soils. In a worldwide context, the United Nations called to action through the Sustainable Development Goals. Target 12.1 aims to implement programs on Sustainable Consumption and Production in many countries. Argentina is a country where there is a wide variety of soils, but not all soils are suitable for agriculture. For this reason, the automated hydroponics system is implemented, enabling cultivation in difficult terrain. This paper aims to highlight the significant promise of automated hydroponics for a more sustainable, efficient, and resilient future of agriculture in Argentinian sterile soils. The structure of the paper is organized as follows. Section II presents the problem description, focusing on the challenges posed by sterile soils in Argentina. Section III explores the sensors and Arduino-based boards used in automating hydroponics. Section IV discusses the automation process involved in hydroponics. The anticipated impact of this work is considerable because it addresses critical challenges in agriculture as the global population expands. With traditional farming facing limitations in challenging soils worldwide, hydroponics emerges as a key solution. The use of this type of vertical farming approach has the potential of maximizing land utilization.