Читать книгу The Digital Agricultural Revolution - Группа авторов - Страница 12

X. Anitha Mary1, Vladimir Popov2,3, Kumudha Raimond4, I. Johnson5 and S. J. Vijay6*

1Department of Robotics Engineering, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

2Additive Manufacturing, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

3Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia

4Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

5Department of Plant Pathology, TamilNadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India

6Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

Agriculture is the economic backbone of India. About 6.4% of the total world’s economy relies on agriculture [1]. Automation in agriculture is the emerging sector as there is an increase in food demand and employment. The traditional ways used by farmers are not sufficient to fulfill the demands and it is high time that newer technologies are implementing in the agricultural sector. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the emerging and promising technologies where intelligence refers to developing and utilizing human-level thinking machines through learning algorithms programmed to solve critical problems. Artificial Intelligence plays an important role in supporting agriculture sectors with the objectives of boosting productivity, efficiency, and farmers’ income. This chapter focuses on how AI helps in increasing the socioeconomic and environmental sustainability in the Indian agricultural sector. Also, it highlights the AI practices in India incorporated by farmers having small and medium-size agricultural lands.

Keywords: Indian agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, farmers