AI is likely to help sugarcane production with 30 pc: Expert | Mint

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, June 11 (PTI) The use of artificial intelligence (AI) can reduce the need for water in sugarcane farming by 50 percent and increase the products per acre by almost 30 percent, an expert in the field said on Wednesday. A meeting was recently held in Pune in the presence of the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, and former Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, where the use of AI was discussed in sugarcane farming. A memorandum of understanding (sleeve) between the Vasantdada Sugar Institute and Agricultural Development Trust has been signed to investigate ways to ensure that this technology reaches as many farmers as possible. “Microsoft has long worked on the use of AI for sugarcane cultivation and ensures 30 percent growth in sugarcane production and the use of water (in its farming) to half. This will help manage the sugar factories longer (more than 110 days) and losses will also be less,” said the Maharashtra State Co-operative Sugar Factory Ltd Director, Ltd Director, Director, Ltd Director, Ltd Director, Ltd Director, Ltd Director, Ltd Director, Ltd Director, Ltd Director, Director, Ltd Director, Ltd Director, Ltd Director, Ltd Director, Ltd Director, Ltd Director, Ltd Director, Direction Direction, Jayprakas Pti. “The 40 (23 cooperative and 17 private) sugar factories in Maharashtra that owe no debt to the US will be included in this project (from AI use in sugarcane cultivation),” he said. A group of 25 sugarcane that farmers have in a two km radius will have a station (the Vsi-Kerr. Former State Minister is initially needed for the cost of a farmer. Dandegaonkar pointed out. “As a result of less rainfall, production per acre in the state dropped to 73 tonnes. Installing drops in their countries (irrigation).