利用AI和云技术,IBM提高农作物供给

The Operations Dashboard within IBM Decision Platform for Agriculture, showing a yield forecast. It can provide a regular in-season forecast of expected yield at the time of harvest. Both crop health and yield forecast analytics can enable targeted scouting, with the disease identification tool enabling additional insight into potential issues. Source: IBM

据美通社消息,IBM宣布将扩大沃森(Watson)农业决策平台在全球范围的发展,为新作物和特定地区量身定制人工智能技术,以满足不断增长的人口需求。IBM将首次提供全球农业解决方案,将预测技术与IBM旗下的The Weather Company,以及物联网数据相结合,让世界各地的农民更好地规划、耕作、种植、喷洒和收割粮食。2016年,IBM收购了The Weather Company,帮助客户更好地降低受天气影响所造成的成本。Weather Signals是一种基于人工智能的工具,它将The Weather Company数据与公司自己的运营数据合并,以显示出天气的微小波动如何影响业务。