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India must feed a growing population while dealing with hazards such as climate change, pandemics, and supply chain disruptions. The agriculture industry must become more adaptable and efficient to meet these difficulties.
Technology investments further enhance this growth in agricultural output and productivity. Disruptive technologies like AI are making significant positive changes across Indian agriculture.
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The Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Agriculture Innovation initiative is transforming the agriculture sector in India by promoting the use of artificial intelligence and other technologies.
Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Agriculture in India
- The World Economic Forum’s Artificial Intelligence for Agriculture Innovation (AI4AI) initiative aims to transform the agriculture sector in India by promoting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies.
- AI applications in agriculture reached a valuation of $852.2 million in 2019 and this is estimated to grow to almost $8.38 billion by 2030, a nearly 25 per cent growth.
- The use of technology in agriculture will improve farmers’ access to markets, inputs, data, advisory, credit and insurance.
- AI can play a catalytic role in improving farm productivity, removing supply chain constraints and increasing market access.
- Greater use of AI would increase mechanisation of Indian agriculture. It would increase productivity by introducing precision agriculture.
- In predictive agricultural analytics, various AI and machine learning tools are used to predict the right time to sow seeds, get alerts on impending pest attacks etc.
- AI in agriculture enables the most efficient use of farming data, allowing equipment such as smart drones, autonomous tractors, soil sensors, and Agri-bots to work and deliver superior farming efficiency.
- Imaging and AI, traceability solutions are being developed for large scale quality testing and post-harvest produce handling and monitoring.
Your conclusion should be short and should end on positive note.
India provides a great opportunity for data scientists and AI experts to develop state-of-the-art AI tools and solutions for agriculture.
In order to help these AI solutions scale, what is needed is to increase investments – both public and private – especially from venture capitalists.
Indian farms and farmers provide vast and rich data to help create AI solutions for the country and the world.
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