Exploring Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Precision Agriculture: A Pathway to Improved Efficiency and Economic Outcomes in Crop Production
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https://doi.org/10.54536/ajaset.v8i3.3843Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Precision Agriculture, RoboticsAbstract
This review analyzes secondary data from academic databases, research articles, and case studies to explore the role of new technologies for precision agriculture (PA) and investigates the value addition that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) provide to resource use, crop yield, and economic performance. Accordingly, the most of the key applications of AI in PA were related to crop yield prediction, disease detection, and effective water usage. Operating models through AI will analyze much data in real time, thus providing insight into informed decision making by farmers for proactive action against crop challenges like drought or pest attack. Furthermore, IoT devices and remote sensing support continuous monitoring in the delivery of correct data about optimizations of resources with minimal environmental impact. AI-driven robotics further automates all tasks related to planting, harvesting, and pesticide application, improving labor productivity and operational efficiency. This would involve in other issues like implementation costs, data privacy, and general unawareness among farmers of developing areas. Equally important will be ethical issues like ownership of data and loss of jobs. Various case studies in India, China, the United States, and Africa reveal how AI could transform the future of agriculture if integrated into agricultural systems properly to gain higher productivity and sustainability. Improvements in data quality and ethical issues, and increased access by smallholder farmers, will also be part of future research. Eventually, integrating AI with IoT, robotics, and big data analytics could provide high potential to meet global food demand in a sustainable manner.
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