Not too long ago, whereas inaugurating the ‘Agri Startup Conclave and Exhibition’, PM Narendra Modi known as for adopting technology-based trendy farming methods and stated that the nation wants to include extra scientific and technological strategies.
With an estimated 9.9 billion people on the planet by 2050, the meals demand is projected to skyrocket by 35%—56%.
Thankfully, rising know-how gives an answer: AI. Nevertheless, there’s nonetheless a serious want (and discipline) for enhancements.
Listed below are the highest initiatives that drove the agri-tech trade utilizing AI/ML and information science in 2022!
Microsoft’s Challenge FarmVibes
Microsoft Analysis is open-sourcing its agricultural information and connectivity applied sciences to spice up farmers’ yields whereas lowering prices and serving to the agricultural trade take duty for its position in local weather change.
The tech suite, dubbed Challenge FarmVibes, builds upon information evaluation and integration work with Microsoft’s prospects like Land O’ Lakes and Bayer by incorporating the cloud supplier’s newest analysis in precision and sustainable agriculture, as Microsoft’s Jake Siegel defined in a weblog.
Cropin Cloud launched world’s first cloud
The Bengaluru-based agritech agency launched Cropin Cloud, the ‘world’s first cloud for agriculture’. It brings collectively a set of agriculture digitisation functions, entry to information sources, and AI-powered agri-intelligence into an built-in platform to digitally remodel the agri-ecosystem.
The platform outcomes from Cropin’s 12+ years of expertise and experience in enabling the agriculture ecosystem with tech and information. With this platform, Cropin will assist agribusinesses handle the complexity of converging multiple-point know-how options whereas concurrently having fun with the pliability of selecting the best options based mostly on the place they’re of their digital transformation journey.
WayCool Meals launched its app
India’s fastest-growing agri-commerce firm has launched its next-gen AI-powered ‘Outgrow’ app. It goals to allow small, medium and marginalised farmers to extend their revenue and profitability via AI and superior analytics whereas additionally encouraging pure farming.
The app will present complete advisory and personalised options in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi, and English.
LG Group joined authorities’s good challenge
LG Group’s IT options unit LG CNS introduced in April that it had joined the federal government’s new good farming challenge to construct a man-made intelligence-based platform that gives the final word tips for extra environment friendly and high-yield farming.
The challenge—launched by the Agriculture Ministry and the native authorities of South Jeolla Province—goals to create 543,000 square-metres of clever farmland within the rural metropolis of Naju, some 355 kilometres south of Seoul, by 2023.
Deere revealed AI-driven tractor
Deere showcased its totally autonomous AI-driven 8R farm tractor.
The tractor is the fruits of Deere’s planning and funding in automation, information analytics, and engineering. Whereas a lot of that R&D has been homegrown, the corporate has additionally acquired and partnered with agtech startups, harvesting know-how and expertise.
Huawei collaborated with Dronetech for brand spanking new app
In October, Huawei and Dronetech introduced new functions from their collaboration in good farming.
The 2 firms up to date their challenge that began in 2021 and launched how their 5G and IoT applied sciences can advance sustainability in agriculture. The businesses additionally hosted a panel of digitalisation and agriculture specialists discussing how know-how innovation, and 5G significantly, can promote sustainable farming amid rising international considerations for meals safety.
ITC launched the app ‘ITCMAARS’
One of many largest FMCG gamers in India, ITC launched its app ‘Meta Marketplace for Superior Agricultural Providers’ (ITCMAARS). The target of the platform is to put out agricultural providers to farmers.
The app has been launched in seven states with over 40,000 farmers grouped in 200-plus farmer-produce organisations (FPOs).
The platform gives AI/ML-driven, value-added personalised and hyperlocal crop advisories, resembling customised ‘Crop Calendar’ for scientific planning of crop cycles, ‘Crop Physician’ for real-time decision of crop infestation, entry to inputs, market linkages, real-time soil testing, precision farming, amongst others.
ICAR organised national-level hackathon
Indian Council of Agricultural Analysis, with its Nationwide Agricultural Greater Training Challenge and Crop Science Division, is organising ‘Kritagya 3.0’, a hackathon to advertise pace breeding for crop enchancment.
This program is a chance for college kids, entrepreneurs, innovators, and others to show strategies and prolong help to winners to additional develop their ideas in collaboration with agri-business incubators, MSMEs and different traders via the help of ICAR.
