{"id":10293,"date":"2023-11-07T18:35:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T18:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/?p=10293"},"modified":"2023-11-10T18:37:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T18:37:18","slug":"ai-powered-irrigation-calculator-tackles-rice-farmers-water-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/ai-powered-irrigation-calculator-tackles-rice-farmers-water-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-powered irrigation calculator tackles rice farmers&#8217; water woes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-42.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-42.png 800w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-42-600x401.png 600w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-42-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-42-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The team at National Chung Hsing University that created an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered irrigation calculator capable of reducing water use in rice farming by 20 percent. Photo courtesy of National Chung Hsing University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taichung, Nov. 7 (CNA) A team at National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) said Tuesday that it has created an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered irrigation calculator capable of reducing water use in rice farming by 20 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Chu Yen-wei (\u6731\u5f65\u7152), a professor at the university&#8217;s Graduate Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, the calculator&#8217;s AI engine, which can identify the important physiological characteristics of a particular rice crop, provides detailed advice on irrigation within 10 to 15 seconds by analyzing user-submitted photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chu said that a pilot six-hectare plot belonging to the Changhua County-based Rice House company, which was irrigated using the calculator&#8217;s guidance, used 20 percent less water than traditional methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The use of the irrigation calculator will gradually be expanded to 1,400 hectares of Rice House&#8217;s fields in Changhua, Chu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the reductions seen in Changhua were to be applied across Taiwan, it would cut annual rice farming water use by 1.2 billion cubic meters, Chu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The calculator also has the potential to reduce carbon emissions produced by rice farming in Taiwan by 31,500 tons each year, as well as save around NT$165 million (US$5.12 million) on irrigation costs each year, Chu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Rice House Chairman Chen Chao-hao (\u9673\u8087\u6d69) said that the company had grown around 36 tonnes of rice in the first six months of this year in cooperation with Chu&#8217;s team from NCHU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(By Hao Hsueh-ching and Evelyn Yang)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enditem\/ASG<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team at National Chung Hsing University that created an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered irrigation calculator capable of reducing water use in rice farming by 20 percent. 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