Artificial intelligence in agricultural engineering

Abstract

Agriculture plays a significant role in the sector of the economy. Computerization in agriculture is the most important concern and an emerging subject across the world. The population is growing exponentially and with this increase, the demand for food and employment is also increasing. The conventional methods which were utilized by the farmers were not enough to complete these requirements. Thus, computerized automated methods were introduced. These new methods assure the food requirements and also provided many employment opportunities to billions of people. Artificial Intelligence (AI) involves computer science in agriculture and resulted in an agricultural revolution. This type of technology has played a major role in the security of crop yield from various factors like climate changes, growth of population, issues in employment, and the security of food. The main concern of this chapter is to compile the various applications of Artificial intelligence in agriculture as irrigation, weeding, spraying with sensors, and other means embedded in robots and drones. These technologies are very valuable for the conservation of water as well as to reduce the excessive use of pesticides, herbicides, in maintaining soil fertility, it also helps in the efficient use of manpower and promote productivity and also improve quality.