Broad Adoption of AI by SMEs in the Agriculture and Farming Sector: Overview of 2023 Activities and 2024 Outlook

Experts in the agriculture and farming (A&F) sector hold considerable relevance for the GPAI Members in economic terms. Although A&F represents a low GDP percentage for some of the Members, the majority of the GPAI Members rank within the top 20 global list of exporters of food and agricultural products. What this means is that it is of utmost importance that we optimize the yields of this sector as demand for A&F products is likely to increase because of population growth and the reduction of arable land in the next 20 years. Furthermore, the A&F sector deals with issues that directly affect humankind’s survival. A top priority is the optimization of natural resources such as water, which is an area that needs to be addressed from an AI perspective. There is growing consensus within the scientific community regarding the growing need to build and maintain a drinkable water grid worldwide and the optimization of water resources deployed in A&F, especially in countries suffering from climate over-heating.