New Delhi, Jan. 3 -- The Punjab government plans to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in agriculture to improve farm productivity, sustainability and farmers' income, with support from the Centre of Excellence at IIT Ropar.

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian chaired a meeting at Punjab Bhawan to review progress and prepare a roadmap for field-level deployment of AI-based solutions, reported ET.

Focus on Farmer-Centric Technology

Khudian emphasised that new technologies must deliver tangible benefits to farmers. He assured full government support for pilot projects and for scaling up successful AI initiatives across the state.

The minister also directed officials to install automatic weather stations, activel...