AI and agriculture: how to turn innovation into impact on the ground

On 16 October 2025, at the FAO Science and Innovation Forum in Rome, one simple idea was brought back to centre stage: artificial intelligence is only as valuable as the way we organise it, assess it and put it at the service of farmers.

This is a critical issue at a time when only 1% of global AI investment benefits the sector that feeds the planet.

This imbalance points to a deep mismatch between the food security challenges we face and the resources mobilised to address them.

And yet, the transformative potential of AI for this sector is considerable. The challenge is not to produce new technology “demos”, but to turn data into decisions and ambitions into measurable impact on the resilience of food systems and equitable access to innovation.

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