LAHORE, Aug 17 (APP):Punjab Minister for Agriculture Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani said on Monday that digitalization of agriculture sector was a key component of the ongoing agricultural transformation agenda. He said this while chairing a meeting here at the Civil Secretariat, to review proposals for using modern digital technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced digital models to support farmers and strengthen agricultural services. Punjab Agriculture Secretary Shakeel Ahmad Mian also attended the …
Modern digital technologies vital for agricultural transformation: Kirmani
LAHORE, Aug 17 (APP):Punjab Minister for Agriculture Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani said on Monday that
digitalization of agriculture sector was a key component of the ongoing agricultural
transformation agenda.
He said this while chairing a meeting here at the Civil Secretariat, to review proposals for using modern digital technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced digital models to support farmers and strengthen agricultural services.
Punjab Agriculture Secretary Shakeel Ahmad Mian also attended the meeting.
During the meeting, the minister was briefed on an advanced mobile application
for crops developed by Syngenta Pakistan.
The meeting was informed that digitalization of the agriculture sector was a need
of the modern era and that advanced technologies could enable timely and effective
agricultural advisory services for farmers.
The minister emphasized the need for making farmer advisory services more effective
and results-oriented by leveraging modern digital technologies. He said the mobile
application would also help collect data on crop growth and other important agricultural
indicators.
Punjab Agriculture Secretary Shakeel Ahmad Mian said modern digital technologies
would further improve the diagnosis of crop diseases.
He added that the effective use of digital technology would facilitate the timely detection
of crop diseases and enable farmers to receive appropriate guidance.
He further said that promoting modern digital agricultural technologies through public-private
partnerships could make farmer advisory services more effective.
He said the government would make full use of modern applications and AI-based technologies
for this purpose.
The meeting also reviewed various proposals for leveraging advanced AI models in the
agriculture sector and providing farmers with modern agricultural information in line with
contemporary requirements.
