The Intersection of AI and Agriculture: Implications for Food Security and Environmental Sustainability in Pakistan
Keywords:
Food security, Artificial intellegence, Pakistan, Agriculture ProductionAbstract
Global warming & Climate change pose a significant threat to the agricultural sector worldwide. Artificial Intelligence (AI), as a recent advancement in computer sciences, seems to have the potential to solve the challenges with this new paradigm. This paper investigates crop production and food security in Pakistan and in entire region in pre and post Covid days in the face of a changing climate. Stressing the importance & appropriateness of AI in agricultural production as well as the food security could be critical in the quest for food and nutrition security. This study concentrates on AI applications in connection to four food security pillars. This evaluation is crucial because that provides decision makers and some other related authorities with a comprehensive assessment of climate impacts and mitigation strategies aimed at improving agricultural production and food security.
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