➡ NITI Aayog to Collaborate with IBM to develop Precision Agriculture using Artificial Intelligence
▪ On May 4,the Government’s Policy Think-Tank NITI Aayog & a World’s Leading Information Technology Company IBM had Signed a Statement of Intent(SOI),in the Presence of NITI Aayog CEO Shri.Amitabh Kant and MD,IBM India Shri Karan Bajwa.
➡ Objective of this Collaborations :
▪ The Objective of the Collaborations is to Introduce technology to provide perspective to farmers to improve the Productivity of Crops,Soil Yields,Improving the Farmers Incomes.
▪ And the Project is Implemented by Using Artificial Intelligence by which Farmers get to know about the Climate Change, Crop Monitoring and Early Warning on Pest & Disease Outbreak.
➡ Implementation of the Scheme:
▪The First Phase of the Project is Implemented in 10 Aspirational Districts across the States of Assam, bihar, Jhaarkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh.
➡ About NITI Aayog:
▪ Chair Person : Shri.Narendra Modi.
▪ CEO : Shri.Amitabh Kant.
▪ Founded : 1st Jan,2015.