So, as the world evolves, India’s farmers are increasingly having to deal with the challenges of climate change, unpredictable weather and finite resources to achieve higher yields. That’s not easy. And if India is having all this Internet and smartphone penetration, is it time for technology to step up and assuage the concerns of farmers? In theory, there’s something called “precision farming”, which is all about using tech, like sensors and GPS, to monitor and manage crop production in a much more effective way. With the advent of generative AI, how can India’s agricultural landscape be redefined to make things smoother for farmers? Could crops in India be grown in a healthier manner with close-to-perfect conditions for growth? If the weather is unpredictable, when should farmers irrigate? ‘
In our latest episode of RizingTV’s ‘Launchpad: The Hard Thing About Hard Launches’, Subhajit Sinha, Founder & CEO – 4Climate, explores how AI and IoT are transforming agriculture, pain points that farmers traditionally face that could be addressed by technology, how farmers could make data-driven decisions about crop health, growth in the face of unforeseen climate conditions, whether productivity could be augmented by still drastically reducing water usage, providing crop-specific recommendations, what it takes to create one’s own data set, micro-farming solutions for households, dealing with potential AI biases and more.
