AI to aid cotton ryots in 2,800 villages
The Hindu
MoU signed by Agriculture department and Wadhwani AI to help check pests
Farmers in 2,800 villages across six districts in Telangana who raise cotton crop during the next kharif (vanakalam) season would have the help of information technology to predict the bollworm and other devastating pest infestations and take immediate measures to prevent crop damage to a large extent and improve income along wit the quality of the produce. All this, deployment of traps and lures along with a mobile application developed by Wadhwani AI, would be provided free of cost to farmers as part of an agreement between the Agriculture Department and Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Wadhwani AI). While the Wadhwani AI would provide their solution (mobile app) free of cost to the State, the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology would procure and deploy the traps and lures free of cost. According to Principal Secretary (Agriculture) B. Janardhan Reddy, the Wadhwani AI already has MoU existing with the Department of IT, Electronics & Communication (ITEC) to facilitate AI-based solutions and with Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) to help with agri science research, monitoring and deployment.More Related News