Everyone will be able to farm with artificial intelligence

BAHÇEŞEHİR University (BAU) Molecular Biology and Genetics Department Faculty Member Dr. Müge Kesici said, “The solution to the food crisis that may occur in the future is for people to be able to farm on smaller lands with artificial intelligence applications, even if they do not have farming experience.” While the United Nations (UN) expects the world population to reach 9.7 billion in 2050, experts are on the alert to prevent the increasing population from causing a food crisis. Agriculture, one of the most important turning points in human history, has enabled the transition to settled life and facilitated access to food, thus increasing the human population. While experts predict that a population increase of approximately 2 billion in the coming years could increase the need for food, energy and water by 60 percent, artificial intelligence is one of the solutions seen as a hope against the food crisis. 

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL REDUCE THE NEED FOR EXPERIENCE

Kesici emphasized that artificial intelligence will provide great convenience especially for family farming applications that can be done in more fragmented lands and narrow areas, and included the following statements: “Think about it this way, you do not have much knowledge about agriculture. However, you have artificial intelligence applications, your soil analysis has been done, your climate data has been entered. Artificial intelligence tells you which product will grow better in your location. It is not limited to this; which type of seed you should use, when you should plant it, how you should care for it, all of them are told or done by artificial intelligence. While the moisture of the soil is monitored with certain systems, artificial intelligence synchronized with the weather can also inform you about the exact amount of irrigation needs. These situations also make things much easier. In fact, with the monitoring done with cameras and sensors, even the yellowing of the plants is monitored by artificial intelligence, and agricultural control suggestions are made for the diseases or pests that occur. This is actually used in many places right now. The fact that artificial intelligence can be used in small areas will reduce the need for experience and increase family farming practices.”