ADB Grants Azerbaijan Technical Aid For Digital, AI Agriculture Solutions
Date
12/30/2024 5:12:40 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 30. The Asian
Development bank (ADB) has given the green light to technical
assistance (TA) amounting to $753,000 in grants for the countries
involved-Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan,
Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan-to ramp up cutting-edge digital and
artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in the agricultural sector,
Trend reports.
According to ADB, the regional TA targets supporting developing
member countries (DMCs) in scaling up digital and AI innovations in
agriculture, food industries, natural resources, and rural
development (AFNR).
The objectives of the TA are to map existing digital and AI
solutions in the AFNR sector, identify barriers and opportunities
for scaling up through consultations with stakeholders, prepare
evidence-based concepts for gender-sensitive digital and AI
solutions, train local institutions, academic circles, women's
producer associations, and other stakeholders in the development
and implementation of such solutions, and organize knowledge
exchanges to introduce best practices in the participating
countries.
The TA will assist the participating nations in addressing
difficulties associated with climate change and food security. It
will facilitate the shift to high-value crop production, enhance
agrologistics infrastructure, and diminish the gender gap in
agriculture.
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