The New Advanced Society

19Future of Indian Agriculture Using AI and Machine Learning Tools and Techniques

Manoj Kumar¹, Pratibha Maurya² and Rinki Verma*³

¹Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Barabanki, India

²Amity University, Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Campus, Lucknow, India

³Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, India

Abstract

The population of the world will reach around 10 billion by the end of 2050, but the agriculture land for the purpose which is at present 37.70 percent of the total land space, will reduce in future. To meet the demand of such massive population, enormous transformation in the agriculture will be required which has been left behind in the pace of Industrial revolution largely in developing nations. The present world is driven by the artificial intelligence and machine learning in all fields. The agriculture which is $2.4 trillion industry have an expected market for AI from present USD 1 billion, and will grow upto USD 4 billion by the end of 2026. India, one of the fastest growing economy and the second most populous country in the world, will have immense contribution and requirement in this technological revolution. If we look at the statistics of employment in agriculture percentage of total employment, the average value comes to 54.41 for the period 1991 to 2019, though the share in the GDP contribution was around 14.39 percent in the year 2018-19. For the fast adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning, Niti Ayog has already drafted a Nationwide strategy for ...