8th International Congress on Information and Communication Technology, ICICT 2023, London, England, 20 - 23 February 2023, vol.694 LNNS, pp.321-328
The article discusses the areas of functioning and features of implementing digital twins in agriculture as the Internet of Things technologies. It is shown that the use of digital twins and a virtual representation of a real farm, can significantly increase management efficiency, especially for suburban agricultural systems. The article presents an optimization problem, which allows the modeling of suburban agriculture that serves to provide the city with fresh products. Management of a virtual copy of the temporary, material, and human resources of the farm occurs through the capabilities of the Internet of Things, allowing to control of several assets that work together or perform the same function. The study examines the features of digital twins in the formation of suburban crop and livestock production using system-dynamic modeling. In conclusion of the paper, optimal values are obtained in determining the priorities for the selection of relevant data, which should be constantly collected and updated. The necessary steps have been identified to implement the Internet of Things in agriculture in developing countries.