Maharashtra government to hold a two-day global Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture and Investment Summit- “AI for Agri 2026” under the ‘State Agriculture–Artificial Intelligence Policy’ from February 22 and 23 at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai.
An institutional center for Artificial Intelligence and Agritech Innovation has been established to implement the policy. The government has approved ₹500 crore in the first phase for its implementation, as per the Agriculture Ministry office.
“To ensure that farmers in Maharashtra gain access to global technologies through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and adopt innovative technologies in agriculture the conference will be held,” said Agriculture Minister Dattatray Bharane, adding that the initiative will be a major step toward implementing the Maharashtra Agriculture–Artificial Intelligence Policy 2025–2029.
The Agriculture Artificial Intelligence policy promotes the practical use of AI in agriculture and allied sectors and develop the digital infrastructure such as MahaAgriX (Maharashtra Agriculture Data Exchange), AI-enabled traceability systems, AI-based geospatial intelligence engine, farmer-centric AI advisory platform – MahaVistar.
