New Delhi, April 7 -- Drone spraying fertilizer on vegetable green plants, Agriculture technology, Farm automation. 3D illustration In a major development in the agriculture sector, Maharashtra's Baramati farmers rose to achieve around 25 per cent reduction in fertilizer use in the backdrop of the use of AI technology powered by Microsoft's project Farm Vibes.

In a video clip that Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, shared twice on X, Seema Chavan, 56, a farmer from Swami Chincholi village in Baramati Taluka, in Maharashtra's Pune district explains about her experience of using AI in her sugarcane farming. "My cost of farming has come down by at least 30 per cent and the yield is up by 30 to 40 per cent. I use AI on 1.5 acres of my farm. But f...