AI can fix Africa’s harvest crisis
Shiraz Khota, SAP managing director for Emerging Africa, writes that connecting intelligent business systems can give agricultural value chains earlier visibility of risks.
Read the original →Article digest · Oct 12 PM
AI & Agriculture — what each story says
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🌾 Precision farming and yield3
How an IIT Madras student with little coding experience made it to a Tokyo AI lab
Shudhanshu Kumar Yadav is a student of the BS programme at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The article describes how he reached a Tokyo AI lab despite lack of prior preparation, which is often regarded as a significant obstacle.
Read the original →Apply for She Code Africa FuturHer AI Literacy Programme 2026 — Free AI Skills Training
She Code Africa has opened applications for its FuturHer AI Literacy Programme. The programme is designed to equip young women in Lagos with digital and artificial intelligence skills. It is powered by MIT StepForward.
Read the original →🧪 Food safety1
Former iPhone display plant in Japan reportedly to enter AI chip supply chain
A former iPhone display factory in Mobara, Japan, is set for a new role in the semiconductor supply chain. Shinko Electric Industries plans to convert the site into a production base for semiconductor package substrates used in AI applications.
Read the original →🐛 Pests and crop protection1
[Professor Kwon Hee-chun's Fun AI Drone Stories] Episode 11: The Era of Drones Reporting for Duty in the Fields Instead of Farmers
The column opens at 6 a.m. in the countryside, where something has reported to the rice fields before the farmer. It wears no rubber boots or hat.
Read the original →🐄 Livestock and aquaculture4
Microsoft President: AI Less Regulated Than Milk
Brad Smith calls for global AI rules and positions the UK to lead the regulatory charge.
Read the original →T-Rex Label: Streamlining AI Image Annotation
T-Rex Label is a tool for data labeling for computer vision models. It offers zero-shot detection, visual prompting and integration capabilities.
Read the original →AI-Based Food Quality Inspection System Market Size, Share, Trends 2036
The AI-based food quality inspection system market is projected to grow from USD 1.72 Bn in 2026 to USD 6.16 Bn by 2036, at a 13.6% CAGR.
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- Google DeepMind's Lila Ibrahim Sees AI Giving Jowar Research A Much-Needed BoostNDTV Profit · 10/12 06:30 UTC
📜 Agriculture policy4
India: Global Initiative Advances AI for Agriculture and Food Systems
India hosted an international meeting to advance responsible AI, digital connectivity and standards for more productive and resilient agricultural and food systems. The meeting was aimed at global cooperation.
Read the original →‘Our workforce strategy is making the enterprise AI-ready, not AI enterprise-ready’: Mankiran Chowhan, Managing Director & SVP – India, Salesforce
Mankiran Chowhan, MD and SVP for India at Salesforce, says enterprise AI is moving from insight to action. In a conversation with Rajneesh De of APAC Media and CXO Media, Chowhan says the opportunity lies in giving AI trusted business context and the ability to act within enterprise rules, not simply in having a smarter model.
Read the original →Indonesia: Bali SEZ Positioned for AI and Semiconductor Innovation
Indonesia is positioning the Kura-Kura Bali SEZ as a hub for AI research and semiconductor development. The effort relies on international partnerships, technology investment and industrial collaboration.
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- World Bank and IMF leaders back practical AI to drive jobs and growthNation Thailand · 10/12 07:40 UTC
🇯🇵 Japan agriculture and AI3
Amazon in Talks to Acquire AI Startup Decart for About $1.1 Trillion Yen
Amazon.com is in talks to acquire the AI startup Decart, in a deal that could be worth about $7 billion (about 1.1 trillion yen), according to several people familiar with the matter. Decart, based in San Francisco, makes software that lets developers switch easily between different AI chips. According to the sources, an agreement could come soon unless talks collapse or other bidders emerge. PitchBook says Decart has raised more than $400 million in venture capital and was valued at about $4 billion as of May.
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- AI Could Accelerate Growth by Up to 1 Percentage PointHikone Economic News · 10/12 09:31 UTC
- AI-to-AI Decision-Making: Kubota Promotes Autonomous Farm MachineryNikkan Kogyo Shimbun · 10/11 20:00 UTC
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