Al, robotics, nanotech to transform agriculture

Says WEF, citing case studies from India

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Citing several case studies from India, the World Economic Forum on Friday said seven emerging deep technologies, including generative AI, robotics and satellite-enabled remote sensing, are poised to transform agriculture.

These technologies, which also include computer vision, edge Internet of Things (IoT), CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats), and nanotechnology, will boost resilience and productivity, while securing rural livelihoods, the WEF said in a new report.

The report, titled 'Shaping the Deep-Tech Revolution in Agriculture' and developed in collaboration with stakeholders from both industry and academia, comes at a time when agriculture globally faces a convergence of crises.