Introduction to AI in Agriculture

Catalog description

This course introduces the fundamental concepts, tools, and techniques used to develop and deploy AI systems relevant to agriculture, food production, natural resources, and the environment. Students will gain experience and familiarity with how AI technologies, such as machine learning, computer vision, and IoT, are applied to real-world problems such as precision farming and ranching, crop disease detection, crop breeding, environmental monitoring, natural resource management, and food systems. The course will incorporate concepts of responsible and ethical use of AI in agriculture and natural resource management.