College of Computing Studies,
Information and Communication Technology

Isabela State University - Cauayan Campus

Overseas Community Project Phase 4

One of the missions of Isabela State University is to generate innovative and cutting-edge knowledge and technologies for people empowerment and sustainable development. The strong collaborative research partnership of the university with the municipality of Cauayan City, Isabela State University and Temasek Polytechnic have resulted to three (3) consecutive Overseas Community Project in Sitio Manalpaac, Barangay San Pablo Cauayan City. The land area is approximately 42 hectares, owned by Department of Agrarian Reform Office donated to Local Government Unity of Cauayan City.Its location is 14 kilometers from the city and accessible by small vehicle.

With the effect of climate change to the environment, the core shelter program of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was implemented by LGU Cauayan City. One hundred fifty- (150) houses were constructed funded by DSWD for indigent families of the municipality living in flood prone and soil eroded areas. Due to proximity of houses to town proper, the livelihood of household has been greatly affected. Furthermore, limited transportation is available from the city to the said location. Hence, most of the families stayed in their houses unemployed.

The LGU Cauayan City has been planning to establish a livelihood project in Sitio Manalpaac, unfortunately, accessibility to water system for agricultural activities is limited. The only source of water is level 2 water system from the city proper. To address this challenge, Isabela State University constructed a greenhouse during Overseas Community Project Phase 2 and Phase 3, while Temasek Polytechnic constructed the solar-powered water pump system to be the source of water for greenhouse. This was followed with the construction of Aquaponics System by the Local Government.

As a planned collaborative research with the College of Computing Studies Information Technology, Institute of Agriculture Technology and Polytechnic Schools, having the established solar-power aquaponics technology in the said location. The project focuses on the integration of robotics and IoT framework. The robotics technology will be adapting sensor-based technology to monitor the water temperature, water quality, dissolved oxygen in the aquaponics while air-temperate and humidity sensors will be used to ensure the appropriate temperature for crops and vegetables in the greenhouse. IoT framework will be applied to ensure online connectivity from research site and development site. IoT will also be used to log data from the sensors used and served as data repository. a predictive model that later can be used for the development of the decision-support system.

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