Episode 092: Precision Plant Protection

This week, FarmBits hosts Deepak Ghimire and Katie Bathke welcome Nessi Benishti from Agrio to talk about precision pest management using artificial intelligence. Agrio provides farmers and crop advisors with mobile applications which can help them with precision plant protection decisions. The application subscribers can get notification about the crop diseases and pests when they are detected or expected to arrive on fields, along with the potential prevention measures for the pest or diseases. In this episode, Nessi discusses about the different services Agrio provides to farmers, the background of how the applications work, and how they are leveraging the power of computer vision and artificial intelligence in precision pest management. Tune in to this exciting episode to learn more about the works of Agrio in the field of precision pest management. Agrio Contact Information: Website: www.agrio.app Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/agrio.saillog Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/saillog-ltd Twitter: @agrioapp FarmBits Contact Information: E-Mail: farmbits@unl.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNLFarmBits Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNLFarmBits Deepak's Twitter: https://twitter.com/agrideepak093 Deepak's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepak-ghimire Katie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-bathke-a15082246/ Opinions expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Nebraska Extension or the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.