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April 2024
Artificial Intelligence
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_27064

FAO/Lekha Edirisinghe
Today, artificial intelligence and robots have become an integral part of most agricultural processes. Robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are being utilized for the benefit of farmers and the agriculture industry as a whole.
Weather forecasting is one of the important aspects for farmers. Flying robots can help farmers with tasks such as crop monitoring, soil analysis and pest control, while AI software can help predict weather conditions and make decisions about when to plant, harvest and apply pesticides, as well as reduce vulnerability to environmental extremes.

Hive management
February 2023
Hive management, monitoring and responding to the needs of beehives in relation to the time of year and local climate...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3639

Sustainable agriculture
January 2023
Sustainable agriculture with its three components: economic (production viability to meet the growing needs for food of present and future...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33561

Seed health
December 2022
The safe conservation and exchange of germplasm requires seeds free of pests and diseases that are of quarantine risk. Seed...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_fad814e9

Agrobiodiversity
November 2022
Agricultural biodiversity is a broad term that includes all components of biological diversity of relevance to food and agriculture, and...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37977

Functional foods
October 2022
Functional foods containing significant levels of biologically active components which provide desirable health benefits beyond basic nutrition. These are especially...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2f007684