
Global agtech major Syngenta has joined hands with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, and Annam.ai, the centre of excellence for agriculture at IIT Ropar, to create contextual solutions driven by artificial intelligence (AI) for farmers.
Agriculture, which still supports close to half the country’s workforce, cannot be carried into that vision on a climate-stressed, water-short, soil-depleted production base

When it comes to feeding the planet, the old ways of farming are running up against hard limits. Climate volatility, supply-chain disruption, and the sheer complexity of managing crops across dozens of countries have made data-driven agriculture not just a ni…