U.S., Oct. 8 -- Capgemini has announced its development of an intelligent data platform - Project FARM (financial and agricultural recommendation models).

The platform was designed using artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data to determine farming patterns generating insights for optimisation of the agricultural value chain in East Africa to strengthen global food supply. In addition to AI, the platform will use machine learning to make it applicable on a wider scale.

With a larger percentage of the world being fed by small famers primarily in developing countries, the complexity of the value chain, the lack of resources and the anticipation of a 60% increase in global food demand by 2050, Capgemini aims to tackle these issues with it...