1) The document proposes predicting crop yields using an artificial neural network (ANN) approach. Seven years of data on factors like rainfall, temperature, and soil type were collected from an agricultural region in India.
2) An ANN with forward and backward propagation is implemented and weights/biases are determined from these processes. The predicted yields from the ANN are compared to other models like support vector machines to evaluate performance.
3) Preliminary results show the ANN approach can predict crop yields with higher accuracy than other methods. Further expanding the dataset and crops could increase prediction accuracy even more for better agricultural planning and productivity.