2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (290+ words) Whalesbook The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Indian agriculture is moving from experimental pilots to core business operations Companies are increasingly using machine learning to predict crop yields, assess quality, and optimize supply chains weeks before harvest While the…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (303+ words) Whalesbook The Indian government is rapidly scaling its Digital Agriculture Mission, an initiative designed to move the country’s farming sector from traditional, anecdotal methods to a data-backed, precision-based model Approved with a budget of ₹2,817 crore, the mission relies…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (260+ words) Whalesbook Google DeepMind has officially scaled its AI-powered agricultural tools, originally developed for the Indian market, to 11 countries across the Asia-Pacific and Africa The initiative centers on two primary models: the Agricultural Landscape Understanding (ALU) and the Agricultural Monitoring and…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (281+ words) Whalesbook The Indian government is significantly upgrading its flagship crop insurance program, the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), to move away from traditional, labor-intensive methods of verifying crop losses By integrating advanced technology like satellite imagery, drone-based inspections, and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (282+ words) Whalesbook The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has released a review of the 'Improvement of Crop Statistics' (ICS) scheme for 2023-24, highlighting significant procedural inconsistencies in how India gathers agricultural production data A central part of this concern involves…...