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AI and Agriculture: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Farming and Finance

Trimble Agriculture

Artificial intelligence (AI) has already irreversibly changed agriculture. AI and agriculture are a powerful duo. For example, it can assist in monitoring crops, optimizing irrigation, and even predicting weather patterns to make farming more efficient and productive. But what some people don’t realize is that AI already is.

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U.N. Report Calls for Climate Tech for Food System Resilience

Food Tank

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the U.N. The report emphasizes that agrifood systems play a significant role in the economies of low- and middle-income countries, where the majority of the worlds poor rely on agriculture for their livelihoods. Only a small share of climate finance goes to agrifood systems, she says.

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‘Nothing’s Predictable’: Extreme Weather is Ruining Farmers’ Crops and Finances

Daily Yonder

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets estimates that the state’s food producers lost over $16 million as a result — somewhere between one-third and one-half of all the state’s yield. Altogether, a recent NASA study found that some yields could decrease 24% by as soon as 2030.

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Regenerative Agriculture Financing Program Reporting First-Year Results

ATTRA

A year after its launch, the Regenerative Agriculture Financing program announced that 83% of participating farmers who completed program requirements met environmental standards for fertilizer efficiency and soil health practices, while also meeting or exceeding national crop yield benchmarks. interest rate rebate.

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Breaking Barriers: How Malawi’s Largest Smallholder Association Is Empowering Women

Food Tank

Malawi’s largest independent smallholder farmers association is working to help producers improve crop yields and adapt to the climate crisis while promoting gender equity. With over 130,000 members, the National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM) operates in 22 of the country’s 28 districts.

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Ag Efficiency: Focus on the 20%

ATTRA

By Hakeem Holmes , NCAT Agriculture Specialist What is the real source of the problem? Farmers deal with a complex web of processes in diverse areas that may be under their purvue, including crops, livestock, finance, recordkeeping, harvesting, marketing, etc. So, what does that mean in an agriculture sense?

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Protect Your Farm with Integrated Risk Management 

Trimble Agriculture

Agriculture. Download Free Whitepaper What is Integrated Risk Management for Agriculture? Integrated Risk Management (IRM) for agriculture is a way for farmers to handle different types of risklike market changes, bad weather, or financial challengesby looking at the big picture.

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