From the input to the market: the decisions behind what is grown, sold and funded.
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Farm software, sensors, satellites, drones and AI, and the digital public infrastructure being built for agriculture.
Google's Agricultural Understanding models move to public preview after use in Gujarat's Krushi Pragati platform, while DeepMind funds a sorghum genetic atlas and a three-year fellowship at ICRISAT.
India's TEC and ICAR hosted the ITU-coordinated GI-AI4FS alongside India Mobile Congress, after an 8 to 9 October AI hackathon. Working group chairs and terms of reference were on the agenda.
HARVEST is one of eight Robotics Adoption Hubs backed by £40 million. It includes a £1 million fund for robotics firms and a £500,000 robot test track at Riseholme.
At the India launch of World Development Report 2026 on 8 October, the IT minister said AI lifted Baramati sugarcane yields 40% with 30% less water and fertiliser. No study was cited.
Digital Bharat Nidhi, BSNL and state agencies will cover 28,237 gram panchayats and give on-demand links to 15,799 villages, with more than nine lakh rural home fibre connections expected.
Farmers Business Network says early versions will reach farmers this autumn and Google will give it early access to frontier models. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
