This paper features the benefits of investment in AI for Agriculture Research. The paper was assembled as a collaborative effort between all 5 USDA-NIFA National AI for Agriculture Institutes.
The Artificial Intelligence for Future Agricultural Resilience, Management, and Sustainability Institute will serve as a nexus for multidisciplinary research teams that advance foundational AI and use these advances to address important challenges facing world agriculture. It will put strong emphasis on technologies that impact production practices, on developing a diverse technically skilled workforce in digital agriculture, and on supporting women and minority farmers.
Our research covers:
- Autonomous farming,
- Efficiency for livestock operations
- Environmental resilience,
- Soil health
- Technology adoption
Read more about our thrusts to learn how we’re advancing artificial intelligence in agriculture.
The AIFARMS Institute project is led by the Center for Digital Agriculture.
Latest news
New Illinois Study Explores Adoption of Robotic Weeding to Fight Superweeds
A new study, led by AIFARMS affiliates, looks at the types of farmers and fields more likely to adopt weeding robots and at what stage of resistance development.
USDA NIFA Awards $465K to Langston University and AIFARMS for Workforce and Agribusiness Development Project
This funded project focuses on advancing sustainable agriculture, integrating cutting-edge technologies, providing students with hands-on training for job success, and fostering local agribusiness development.
Farmers Look to Weeding Robots as Herbicide Resistance Solution
Faculty Affiliate Shadi Atallah shared his expertise and insights on the adoption and economics of weeding robots to address herbicide resistance in this article by Brownfield.
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The Artificial Intelligence for Future Agricultural Resilience, Management, and Sustainability (AIFARMS) Institute is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the National Science Foundation.