A Survey on Deep Learning and Its Impact on Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities

Marwan Albahar ()
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Marwan Albahar: College of Computer Science in Al-Leith, Umm Al Qura University, Mekkah 21955, Saudi Arabia

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-22

Abstract: The objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive overview of the recent advancements in the use of deep learning (DL) in the agricultural sector. The author conducted a review of studies published between 2016 and 2022 to highlight the various applications of DL in agriculture, which include counting fruits, managing water, crop management, soil management, weed detection, seed classification, yield prediction, disease detection, and harvesting. The author found that DL’s ability to learn from large datasets has great promise for the transformation of the agriculture industry, but there are challenges, such as the difficulty of compiling datasets, the cost of computational power, and the shortage of DL experts. The author aimed to address these challenges by presenting his survey as a resource for future research and development regarding the use of DL in agriculture.

Keywords: agriculture; deep learning; crop management; weed detection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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