This document discusses using technology like drones, machine learning, and cloud computing to help address global food challenges. It notes that the world population is projected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, but currently over 2 billion people are malnourished and 805 million go hungry each night. New technologies can help farmers collect field data to increase crop yields and reduce waste, helping to feed more people. Drones and autonomous tractors can monitor fields and precisely apply inputs. Analyzing agricultural data using machine learning can provide predictions to help farmers and agencies. Embracing these technologies may attract youth back to farming and drive the next agricultural revolution.

1. Agriculture Intelligence
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Machine Learning

2. Ruchit G Garg
• Serial Technology Entrepreneur
• Based in Silicon Valley, USA
• Worked for Microsoft, Several Startups
• Worked from India, Japan & USA
• Named as ‘Person of the week’ by
TIMES group India
• Awarded by President Of India for
services as young boy Scout.
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3. Global Food Challenge
Current Population 7 billion
2 Billion
Malnourished
805 Million
hungry every night

4. Global Food Challenge
Current Population 7 billion
2.8 billion
More by 2050
Population by 2050 9.8 Billion
2 Billion
Malnourished
805 Million
hungry every night

5. Acute food insecurity
• Increase in cost of agricultural labor
• Increase in cost of fertilizers & herbicides
• Increase in population
• Decrease in total arable land
Can cause huge social political instability globally

6. Massive Input Output Problem
$13.5B/Year
worth of crops
gets wasted
due to unwise
use of water &
pesticides in
India alone
2.8 Billion
more people
to feed by
2050
We only have 34 seasons in hand

7. HARVEST YOUR FIELD DATA
Answer is

8. New era for agriculture
• Mechanical
• Chemical
• Genetics
• Data

9. Food
Challenge
Machine
Learning
Internet Of
Things
Cloud
Computing
Trilogy solving massive problems

10. Farm

11. Farm == Data
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12. Agricultural Drones/UAVs
UAV with sensors can tell lot more, lot faster, can save lot of resources for farmers
Pictures from www.harvesting.co

13. Autonomous Tractors
Self driving, Variable rate sowing and more…

14. Field Data
Land Record Data
Weather Data
Pest Outbreak Data
Trends & predictions for farmers,
state and non-state agencies

15. Future…
• Embrace technology & harvest data
• Immense need & opportunity
• Huge socio-economic Impact
• Attract youth back to agriculture
• Bring next revolution in agriculture

16. @ruchitgarg
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