AI-Integrated Smart Farming Solutions for Crop Enhancement

  • Authors

    • Thomas Fischer Senior Manager, Bosch, Germany. Author
    • Anna Schmidt Product Director, BMW Group, Germany. Author

    DOI:

    https://doi.org/10.67228/30715628/IJMIET-2023PII6B3P

    Published 10-04-2023

  • Artificial Intelligence, Smart Farming, Precision Agriculture, Crop Enhancement, Machine Learning, IoT

    Issue

    Vol. 6 No. 2 (2023)

    Section

    Articles

    How to Cite

    [1]
    T. Fischer and A. Schmidt, “AI-Integrated Smart Farming Solutions for Crop Enhancement”, ijmiet, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 01–13, Oct. 2023, doi: 10.67228/30715628/IJMIET-2023PII6B3P.

  • Abstract

    The sphere of agriculture is currently experiencing an enormous change fueled by the incorporation of the Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), big data analytics, and new sensing technologies. The challenges to farming by the traditional practices usually include; poor use of resources, unpredictable weather, pests, and poor production. AI-based smart farming will provide data-driven, demonstration-free, and predictive solutions that will improve crop yielding, optimize resource use and enable sustainable and agricultural development. Within this paper, a detailed analysis of AI-based smart farming technologies to improve the crop condition is provided, including smart decision-making, precision agriculture, and real-time detection. The suggested framework is an integration of machine learning algorithms, computer vision, remote sensing, and internet of things with devices that will be used to touch soil, weather condition, and crop growth phases and pests. The prediction of yields, detection of diseases and the optimization of irrigation are reviewed using various AI methodologies including supervised learning, deep learning, and reinforcement learning. A comparative analysis shows that AI-based methods outperform the traditional farming methods in the aspects of productivity, economic efficiency, and environmental sustainability. The implementation challenges and scalability issues, as well as research directions are also addressed in the study. The results show that AI-combinations with smart farming can transform the agriculture sector as the application can lead to better quality of crops, higher yield and sustaining food security the world over due to climatic change and population explosion.

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