AI Revolutionizes Indian Farms: Boosting Yields, Cutting Costs, Ensuring Food Security

• AI is transforming Indian agriculture, moving it from unpredictable struggle to predictive science, enhancing resilience to climate challenges.
• Microsoft's project with ADT Baramati uses AI (Azure Data Manager, FarmVibes.AI, Agripilot.ai) to boost sugarcane yields, reduce water/fertilizer use in Maharashtra.
• AI models process real-time data from IoT sensors to predict pest outbreaks, enabling targeted interventions instead of blanket pesticide spraying.
• Telangana's Saagu Baagu project, with WEF, increased chili yields by 21% and reduced pesticide/fertilizer use for over 7,000 farmers.
• AI helps farmers with post-harvest functions, optimizing market selection for best prices and reducing 15-20% post-harvest losses through sorting and grading.