To continue with the theme of 'Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav: India @ 75' during the Independence Day week: a live event "Smart Farming Using Microsoft Azure FarmBeats with AI to Increase Farm Yield for Farmers" was organized by Sanjay Singh, secretary, Jan Jagran Kendra, non-profit from India & Saumya Soni, CEO of AI for Environment, non-profit from the USA. The goal was to raise awareness of technologies including AI & Azure FarmBeats to increase farm yield for farmers using sustainable methods.
More than 100 farmers & students from different states of India including Jharkhand, Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Maharashtra & Haryana, attended this live event. This event featured seven speakers from Microsoft, AI for Environment, Jan Jagran Kendra, HCKVK, MGNREGA, & NABARD. Topics included Microsoft Azure FarmBeats, AI For Birds, watersheds, promotion of AI in Agri & Allied Sector- the role of policies, schemes, and interventions of NABARD, Success stories from USA & India.
Speakers included Anurag Gaur- Principal Program Manager, Microsoft, Sanjay Singh- Secretary, Jan Jagran Kendra, Saumya Soni- CEO, AI For Environment, Vinay Kant Mishra - IFS, CEO - JSWM, Government of Jharkhand, Dr. R.K Singh - Sr. Scientist & Head, HCKVK, Anupam Bharti - Deputy Director Agriculture, MGNREGA, Prem Prakash Singh - DDM- NABARD, Premnath Mehta- Progressive Farmer, Jharkhand, & Shib Kumar Goswami – Founder, Birds Buddy. It was an event filled with inspiration, AI awareness & passion for the environment. People got to experience cutting-edge technology and a sneak peek from the FarmBeats Demo presented by Saumya Soni, Founder & CEO of a non-profit AI For Environment.
"Three months ago, we collaborated with Premnath- one of the progressive farmers from Jharkhand, India. His farm is a pilot site for this project. The AI For Environment & Jan Jagran Kendra team started collaborating with Microsoft Azure FarmBeats to collect the historical data & real-time data using satellite imagery, weather information & soil data to predict what crop to sow, where to sow depending on different variables like temperature, humidity, soil moisture, etc. " said Saumya Soni.
"Future goal is to enable data-driven agriculture in Jharkhand for 100,000+ farmers to increase yield & productivity of the farm and raise awareness of technologies like AI among students & farmers in India," said Sanjay Singh. Videos of all presentations will be posted on Jan Jagran Kendra & the AI For Environment YouTube channel in the coming weeks. More information can be found at : www.janjagrankendra.org / www.aiforenvironment.org To download the 'AI For Birds' App, please search "AI for Birds" in the Google Play Store, or Apple App Store.