<p>New Delhi: The government has employed artificial intelligence (AI) to address various challenges in the agriculture sector and aid farmers, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan informed Parliament on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The government is leveraging technology to strengthen implementation of various agricultural schemes, he added.</p>.<p>In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Chouhan said 'Kisan e-Mitra', an AI-powered chatbot, has been developed to assist farmers with responses to queries about the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme.</p>.PM Modi seeks global efforts to establish AI governance, standards.<p>This solution supports multiple languages and is evolving to assist with other government programmes.</p>.<p>Under the PM-KISAN, the government provides financial support of Rs 6,000 per annum to eligible farmers in three equal installments.</p>.<p>The minister further said AI and Machine Learning are used under the National Pest Surveillance System to detect pest infestation in crop issues, enabling timely intervention for healthier crops.</p>.<p>AI-based analytics using field photographs for crop health assessment and crop health monitoring using satellite, weather and soil moisture data sets for rice and wheat crops.</p>.<p>An AI-based chatbot, namely 'PMFBY WhatsApp Chatbot', to assist the farmers regarding crop insurance scheme PMFBY has been initiated.</p>.<p>Leveraging technology, the minister said, the government has implemented technology-based yield estimation in combination with conventional Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs) based yield estimation for improving crop loss assessment and achieving timely insurance claims payout for farmers.</p>.<p>Under this initiative, 30 per cent weightage to yield estimation has mandatorily been assigned to YES-TECH derived yield.</p>.<p>YES-TECH (Yield Estimation System Based on Technology) has been introduced for paddy and wheat crops from Kharif 2023 and for soyabean crop from Kharif 2024. </p>
<p>New Delhi: The government has employed artificial intelligence (AI) to address various challenges in the agriculture sector and aid farmers, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan informed Parliament on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The government is leveraging technology to strengthen implementation of various agricultural schemes, he added.</p>.<p>In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Chouhan said 'Kisan e-Mitra', an AI-powered chatbot, has been developed to assist farmers with responses to queries about the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme.</p>.PM Modi seeks global efforts to establish AI governance, standards.<p>This solution supports multiple languages and is evolving to assist with other government programmes.</p>.<p>Under the PM-KISAN, the government provides financial support of Rs 6,000 per annum to eligible farmers in three equal installments.</p>.<p>The minister further said AI and Machine Learning are used under the National Pest Surveillance System to detect pest infestation in crop issues, enabling timely intervention for healthier crops.</p>.<p>AI-based analytics using field photographs for crop health assessment and crop health monitoring using satellite, weather and soil moisture data sets for rice and wheat crops.</p>.<p>An AI-based chatbot, namely 'PMFBY WhatsApp Chatbot', to assist the farmers regarding crop insurance scheme PMFBY has been initiated.</p>.<p>Leveraging technology, the minister said, the government has implemented technology-based yield estimation in combination with conventional Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs) based yield estimation for improving crop loss assessment and achieving timely insurance claims payout for farmers.</p>.<p>Under this initiative, 30 per cent weightage to yield estimation has mandatorily been assigned to YES-TECH derived yield.</p>.<p>YES-TECH (Yield Estimation System Based on Technology) has been introduced for paddy and wheat crops from Kharif 2023 and for soyabean crop from Kharif 2024. </p>