Not too long ago, we co-published a paper on the future of AI called “Yield Maps Killed AgTech Software, Can AI Save It?” and got a ton of great responses from across the industry. One such responder wrote in from his seat at the Syngenta Group, where he’s helped the organization go from zero to 250 million acres digitally served in just five years. Feroz Sheikh, Chief Information and Digital Officer at Syngenta Group, offered some incredibly nuanced responses to the limitations and opportunities in this space, and we knew we wanted to have him come on to talk more about his internal perspective on evaluating AI, advancing digitization goals in a large ag organization, and what he see for the future of ag software. 

This week, Feroz guides us through his thinking and learnings on topics including: 

• How interactions between input companies might change as tech continues to transform ag’s fundamental business models 
• Where he is looking for AI to have the biggest impact on existing problems for organizations like Syngenta
• What role specialized AI tools could play in the future agtech ecosystem, and what kind of real-world impacts that could have, within agriculture and beyond

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Useful Links:

• Rebooting AgTech Software with AI (feat. Rhishi Pethe)
• Yield maps killed agtech software, can AI fix it?‍
• John Deere See and SprayTM‍
• CropWise‍
• InnerPlant, John Deere, and Syngenta Partnership‍
• AgGateway Consortium

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