Google and Gates Foundation Commit $100 Million to Scale AI Tools for 200 Million Farmers

Google and the Gates Foundation are directing more than $100 million and Google technical support toward AI tools for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, with a target of reaching 200 million farmers. The multi-year effort expands an existing base of 50 million farmers and focuses on real-time climate, crop and language AI for regions facing increasingly unpredictable weather.