An Assessment of the Impact of AI Revolution on Agriculture in India

AI is cultivated as significant tool in present time to allocate the activities of human beings in day-to-day life. AI performs the activities of forecasting, thinking, analysing, assessing, interpreting and responding like human beings with more accuracy and less time. Recently it has attracted the attention of IT organizations to use AI as major technological tool after mobile and cloud platforms. AI is boosting the energy of individuals and markets. India is a developing country with more than six villages and agriculture is major source of livelihood. John McCarthy, an American commuter scientist first introduced the word “Artificial Intelligence” at Dartmouth conference in 1955. Agriculture is one of the oldest activity of human being. India with vast diversity is the world's largest producer of milk, pulses and jute, and ranks as the second largest producer of rice, wheat, sugarcane, groundnut, vegetables, fruit and cotton. India has varied climate from humid and dry tropical of south to temperate alpine in the northern reaches. It has diversity in ecosystem. In India majority of rural population is dependent on agriculture. In India agricultural productivity, competitiveness, and rural growth are major areas that needs concentration for growth. Majority of farmers are using traditional technology. AI has emerged as an effective tool for farmers to get the opportunity for better output. Present paper discuss the scope and constraints of Artificial Intelligence in rural areas.