AI Insight
Agriculture globally faces increasing challenges from climate change, land degradation, labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, and rising food demand from population growth. Artificial intelligence technologies offer potential solutions to these agricultural pressures, but there is significant concern that smallholder farmers may not have equal access to these technological advances. The disparity in AI adoption could widen the gap between large-scale industrial agriculture and small farming operations.
Why it matters
The unequal distribution of AI benefits in agriculture could exacerbate existing inequalities in food production systems and threaten food security for vulnerable populations who depend on smallholder farming. Ensuring smallholder farmers can access and benefit from AI technologies is critical for global food security and equitable agricultural development.
Globally, agriculture faces mounting pressures. These are driven by climate change, land degradation, labor shortages, supply chain disruptions and the demand for food from a growing population.
Source: AI offers promise for agriculture, but smallholder farmers risk being left behind