Feroz Sheikh on AI as the Final Puzzle Piece in Modern Agriculture

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Feroz Sheikh discusses how AI is transforming agriculture into a data-driven system.

AI is becoming the missing layer that transforms agriculture from a physical practice into a data-driven system. In this episode of Technovation , Feroz Sheikh , Chief Information and Digital Officer of Syngenta , shares how AI, data, and digital platforms are reshaping how farmers make decisions and how innovation scales across global agriculture. Key highlights include: How AI completes the evolution of agriculture’s “jigsaw puzzle” The role of interdisciplinary teams in driving innovation Real-world AI applications across R&D, supply chain, and farming Democratizing advanced science for farmers worldwide Using data at scale to predict and prevent crop disease

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Guest: Feroz Sheikh

Topics covered

• AI in agriculture
• data-driven farming
• innovation in agriculture
• crop disease prevention
• interdisciplinary teams

Keywords

• AI
• agriculture
• data
• innovation
• crop disease
• digital platforms
• farming

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Organizations: Syngenta, AI, agriculture

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