US-based AI firm Agtrinsic expands crop disease tool to South Asia
Agtrinsic says its Disease Intelligence Engine will help smallholder farmers assess crop disease risk in the region
A United States-based artificial intelligence platform, Agtrinsic, has announced the expansion of its Disease Intelligence Engine (DIE) to South Asia, according to a report published by the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP).
The company said the tool is designed to help smallholder farmers better understand the risk of disease affecting their crops, APP reported.
Details on the specific countries, crops, or timeline covered by the expansion were not provided in the available report.
APP did not specify how the platform gathers or processes data to generate its disease risk assessments, nor did it detail how farmers would access the tool.
Further information from Agtrinsic on the rollout, partnerships, or costs associated with the service was not immediately available.
Sources
- AI comes to help smallholder farmers as Agtrinsic expands Disease Intelligence Engine for South Asia — APP (Pakistan)
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