Conventional
agriculture strategies do not suffice to serve the food demand for the growing
population nowadays. Scientists carried out many investigations for effective
agricultural outputs over the last few decades. The newly emerging technologies
such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), deep learning, machine learning, Internet
of Things (IoT), cloud computing, cognitive computing and so on are motivating
the agriculture scientists to invent novel methods in farming. Researchers performed
Crop wise specific studies for the benefit of the farmers, which use different technological
devices like sensors, cameras, drones, etc. Automation of agricultural equipment has become crucial to
provide instant results to help the farmers in decisionmaking wherever required.
The article thoroughly explains the impact of automation and
AI in the field of agriculture today. It also highlights the usage of prominent
AI techniques nowadays and possible research directions to make use of AI to
assist the farmers.
Keywords: Automation, Agriculture, Deep learning, Farming, Machine learning, Sensors.
