{"id":225187,"date":"2026-06-03T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/ai-offers-promise-for-agriculture-but-smallholder-farmers-risk-being-left-behind\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:55:11","slug":"ai-offers-promise-for-agriculture-but-smallholder-farmers-risk-being-left-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/ai-offers-promise-for-agriculture-but-smallholder-farmers-risk-being-left-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"AI offers promise for agriculture, but smallholder farmers risk being left behind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ai-offers-promise-for-agriculture-but-smallholder-farmers-risk-being-left-behind-279013\">AI offers promise for agriculture, but smallholder farmers risk being left behind<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ai-offers-promise-for-agriculture-but-smallholder-farmers-risk-being-left-behind-279013\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ai-offers-promise-for-agriculture-but-smallholder-farmers-risk-being-left-behind-279013<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-03 09:42:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Global Agricultural Pressures<\/strong>: Agriculture worldwide grapples with increasing pressures from climate change, land degradation, labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, and rising food demand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yield Disparities<\/strong>: Despite high U.S. maize yields facilitated by mechanization and precision agriculture, sub-Saharan African yields remain low due to limited access to inputs, reliance on rain-fed systems, and poor infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Role of Smallholder Farmers<\/strong>: Smallholder farmers, who constitute 80% of the agricultural workforce in developing nations, face challenges in productivity due to barriers such as lack of access to agricultural inputs, inadequate irrigation, and weaker institutional support.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI in Agriculture<\/strong>: The deployment of AI tools in agriculture has been effective in advanced economies, improving resource efficiency and resilience, but its benefits are limited by infrastructural readiness, data governance, and policy frameworks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI Adoption Barriers<\/strong>: Key barriers to AI adoption in developing countries include the digital divide, lack of electricity, high costs, limited access to credit, and ethical concerns around data use.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Context-specific Challenges<\/strong>: Many AI models are not adapted to local contexts in developing regions, resulting in ineffective recommendations and ethical issues regarding data ownership and privacy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Policy and Infrastructure Needs<\/strong>: For 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