Farmers and scientists use AI to combat climate change

The changing climate poses a serious threat to tomato growers in central India. The region has experienced many droughts in the past decade, which have ruined the crops and reduced the farmers’ income.

But a Silicon Valley startup called ClimateAi uses artificial intelligence to help farmers cope with the warming temperatures. The startup has created a platform to assess any place’s climate, water, and soil conditions and forecast its suitability for growing crops in the next 20 years.

AI at forecasting and running simulations

As CNN reports, the platform was first tested in Maharashtra,…