Agriculture's next leap: Artificial Intelligence

The episode explores how AI is beginning to reshape the agriculture and food sector – from diagnosing crop diseases with a smartphone photo to powering localized weather forecasts and enabling more efficient supply chains. While technological breakthroughs are advancing rapidly, their real-world impact depends on public goods such as digital public infrastructure and enabling regulation. The speakers emphasizes that AI adoption in agriculture is not merely a technical challenge but a governance challenge – requiring open data frameworks and long-term investment in skills.

Speakers:

• Alesha Miller, Chief Strategy Officer, Digital Green
• Cathy Kamanu, Kenyan farmer
• Parmesh Shah, Global Lead for Data-Driven, Digital Agriculture and Innovations, the World Bank
• Ranveer Chandra, Managing Director, Research for Industry at Microsoft