Could AI Make Farming Or Break It? Articles Big Data

These are undoubtedly positive developments. However, as in the Green Revolution, we could be so focused on producing the food required to feed people that we are forgetting to consider the societal impact it could have. Nearly 99% of farms in the US and across the world are family-owned, and the vast majority of these are small farms. Small farmers are incredibly vulnerable, operating with tight margins and in a complex environment in which they are at the mercy of numerous factors outside of their control, such as the weather. Technology as powerful as AI could help them, but it first needs to reach farmers in places where starvation is actually an issue at a price they can afford, so that the tools do not end up concentrated in the hands of a few. The impact on jobs also needs to be considered.