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After one year of the DAT-AI-LAB, Penn Vet is launching two initiatives: hackathons, which are group problem-solving sessions, and a farmer advisory network, a producer panel.
Read the original →Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, headed by Mayor Kim Bora, is strengthening biosecurity measures. These include special inspections of poultry farms.
Read the original →Brazilian startup Herdian has developed an artificial intelligence system designed to reduce piglet mortality in farrowing units.
Read the original →Google.org is backing a planned World Bank Group agriculture network that combines AI voice advice with farmer services. The network has an access goal for end-2027.
Read the original →The Togolese government has begun a three-year national scheme to collect audio recordings and translated text to train AI models in local languages, TogoFirst reported. Minister Cina Lawson said the 'Voix du Togo' programme aims to make government services more accessible to citizens in their native languages. Citizens are invited to record spoken sentences through an online platform.
Read the original →Lesotho's government is developing an AI-powered chatbot to give farmers easier access to agricultural information and advice.
Read the original →On 12 October 2026, SORA Technology announced it will begin developing a precision agriculture service for cashew nut production in southern Tanzania. The work is based on a service contract with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
Read the original →The company Nojonin is offering to build practical AI agent tools together with farms. The support covers tasks from advice on planting and pricing to creating POP designs and work manuals.
Read the original →SYN-ROBOTICS, based in Miyota, Nagano Prefecture, will release an AI-equipped agricultural weeding robot called Synrobo in June 2027. The robot drives autonomously in open-field farms.
Read the original →The head of the company Nojonin is scheduled to speak at the 18th Mathematics, AI and Data Science Evening Seminar. The talk will present examples of generative AI use in farming.
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