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AI and Food Industy - The new Agriculture (Part II)

Being a farmer is not only making plants grow. Apart from all the care applied to the plants, they also need to collect what has been produced. The harvesting of agricultural products is one of the most difficult, and delicate stages in the food production chain. Harvesting strawberries - Photo by Farsai Chaikulngamdee on Unsplash Millions of people are employed in this process. It is a seasoned process what means temporary jobs. These jobs are mostly available in the summer season, where we reach the harvest phase for the majority of the plants. Many farmers dedicate themselves to fruit growth. In this agriculture's field, we have to take care of plants and then pick the fruits. As you may think, this is a hard and repetitive task. Image a farm with several acres of land. G etting all the fruits from the plants can take months and involve lots of people.  Hiring so many people is very expensive for farmers. Besides, people can harvest fruits inappropriately, reducing the fruit&#