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Repurposed farm equipment decorates
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Yet in a world with a finite amount
of arable land, and a population that is expected to grow from 7.7 billion to
nearly 10 billion by 2050, producing enough food to eat is a challenge today
and a potential crisis in the future. As the population expands and diets
change, farmers will need to increase food production by about 70 percent. The
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of humanity’s most pressing issues. AI can be part of the solution.
AI is already transforming
agriculture
Already, AI is beginning to transform
agriculture in important ways. Many farmers who manage large-scale operations
are taking advantage of innovative technologies like self-driving tractors that
use GPS, satellite imagery, and AI to plant more efficiently; and sensors and
machine learning to make smarter decisions about when to irrigate and how much
fertilizer to apply.
But what about the majority of
farmers who have less than one hectare of arable land (or a little less than
2.5 acres), and who produce 70 percent of the world’s food supply? Many of them
live in low-resource Microsoft helpline number communities with limited access to
even basic digital technology. Can AI improve their ability to grow food to
feed a hungry world? Yes, it can.
The AI sowing app – How to improve a
groundnut harvest
A pilot project in Andhra Pradesh on
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always relied on a combination of ancient traditions and guesswork to decide
when to plant, Microsoft support number is working with the nonprofit
International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to enable
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increase yields. Last year, ICRISAT received a Microsoft supportnumber AI for Earth grant to
support continued development of AI solutions that focus on sustainable
agriculture in developing parts of the world.
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by Azure AI to determine the optimal time to plant, the ideal sowing depth, how
much farm manure to apply, and more. That information is then shared with
farmers through text messages that they receive on a basic feature phone.
In the pilot’s first year, 175
groundnut farmers participated. Most farmers in the region planted in early
June, as dictated by custom and tradition. Farmers who used the AI Sowing App
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waited, the results Microsoft support phone numberre dramatic—on average they
harvested 30 percent more per hectare than farmers who planted at the beginning
of June. In the second year, the program was expanded to more than 3,000
farmers and covered a much wider range of crops, including maize, rice, and
cotton. Average increases ranged from 10 percent to 30 percent, depending on
the crop and the location.
Rows of crops growing at SnoValley
Tilth Farm in Carnation, WA. (Photo by John Brecher for Microsoft support
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Project FarmBeats – A more
sustainable way to farm
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in another project that has important implications for the future success of
small farms. Called Project FarmBeats, the initiative was launched at Dancing
Crow Farm, not far from Microsoft support number’s headquarters. There, on a
few acres of rich agricultural land, Dancing Crow’s owner Sean Stratman is
exploring a new approach to agriculture that uses sensors to measure soil
moisture and temperature along with drones to gather aerial imagery, and then
feeding all that data into cloud-based AI models that provide a precise,
up-to-the-minute picture of the conditions on his farm, down to the square meter.
With this level of precise knowledge,
Stratman is able to make pinpoint decisions about when to plant, when to water,
how much fertilizer to apply, when to harvest, and more for each small section
of his farm. It’s an approach that is saving labor, reducing costs, and
improving output. And it is pointing the way toward a future where farms of all
sizes can produce more food, operate sustainably, and generate greater profits.
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1.3 billion tons of food waste
According to the UN, increasing production
is only part of the ansMicrosoft support phone numberr to the problem Microsoft
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important is to reduce the amount of food that is wasted every year. The Food
and Agricultural Organization estimates that one-third of all food produced for
human consumption—1.3 billion tons—is wasted annually. Here, I believe AI can
play a huge role. One way it will have an impact is by ensuring that
highly-perishable foods such as milk make it from the farm to the processing
plant quickly and safely.
This is an important focus of a
pioneering AI-based operations management system that is improving efficiency,
ensuring safety, and loMicrosoft support phone numberring costs for a brand-new
milk processing and manufacturing facility operated by ACM in Girgarre, a small
town in Australia. Designed to handle 200 million liters of milk, the facility
uses a state-of-the art information system built on Microsoft support number
Dynamics 365 and Azure Cognitive Services to automate the process of pumping
milk from tanker trucks to silos – monitoring quality, and creating a rich data
trail so the milk can be tracked from the farm to the store.
ACM has also implemented a
sophisticated temperature monitoring system that uses sensors and Microsoft
support number technologies including Azure and SQL to detect temperaturefluctuations in storage tanks and trucks, sending alerts to farmers and
drivers. If the system senses an electrical failure on a farm, for example, it
can automatically dispatch trucks to collect the milk before it spoils.
The potential economic implications
of these technologies extend far beyond the farms currently being served.
Australia ranks fMicrosoft helpline numberth in the world in global market
share for dairy exports, behind New Zealand, the EU, and the United States.
Overall, Australia’s (AUD) $4.3 billion dairy industry – the country’s third
largest rural industry – employs more than 42,000 people. The opportunities to
increase production and improve efficiency could bring more jobs and greater
prosperity to rural communities in the dairy farming regions of southeastern
and southMicrosoft support phone numberstern Australia where the climate is
particularly suitable for raising cattle.
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