Can artificial intelligence help farmers adapt to the effects of climate change?
AI is changing the way we work and live. But with climate change impacting seasonal temperatures and rainfalls around the world, can it help make food production more sustainable?
The effects of climate change on weather patterns around the world, including seasonal temperatures and rainfalls, are being felt keenly in agriculture – with shifting seasons and varying yields undermining years of habit-formed knowledge and process. Technology experts are helping farmers, including in some of the world’s poorest regions, adapt to the new food production landscape through the use of artificial intelligence, or AI, and machine learning.
Presenters Sophie Eastaugh and Luke Jones are joined by:
Ranveer Chandra, Managing Director for Research for Industry and the CTO of Agri-Food at Microsoft
Himanshu Gupta, Co-founder and CEO of ClimateAI
Dr Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute
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Producer: Ben Cooper
Researchers: Matt Toulson and Laura Cain
Production co-ordinator: Siobhan Reed and Sophie Hill
Series Producer: Alex Lewis
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Sound Engineer: James Beard
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- Mon 20 Mar 202302:32GMTBBC World Service
- Mon 20 Mar 202309:32GMTBBC World Service
- Mon 20 Mar 202320:06GMTBBC World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview & Europe and the Middle East only & BBC Afghan Radio
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- Sat 25 Mar 202311:32GMTBBC World Service except Australasia
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