SKUAST-K secures Indo-US grant for AI-powered soybean breeding

Srinagar, Oct 29 (UNI) Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) has secured an Indo-US research grant to develop AI-powered technologies for smarter soybean breeding, crop monitoring and early disease detection. The project, titled "SoyWatch: Smart Sensing Network for Precision Soybean Breeding," is jointly supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), bringing together leading institutions from both countries to advance technology-driven agricultural research, officials at the SKUAST said. The three-year project brings together researchers from leading institutions in India and the United States to integrate artificial intelligence…