Myth or Truth? Uncovering 3 Common Myths About AI Advisor in Agriculture

Welcome to the new edition of our “Agriculture & Technology” newsletter. 🌾

Generative AI technology is a game-changer for agrifood companies looking to stay competitive in today's fast-evolving market.  

However, with new technologies come misconceptions and myths that can create barriers to adoption. Most companies still hesitate to consider the implementation of AI advisors, which is borne out of the fear of AI replacing their team, insufficient tech knowledge, or general lack of knowledge about the impact of AI on their business.  

👉 Fear of AI can leave your company behind, so in this issue, we’ll delve into some common myths about AI Advisors in agriculture and uncover some of the real benefits they bring to businesses.

🔴 MYTH 1: Virtual AI Advisor Will Replace Our Existing Agronomy Team 

The most common fear of AI technology in almost all industries is the fear of replacing jobs. However, many recent studies show the exact opposite – generative AI can be a powerful tool for employee empowerment, it can augment the employee’s experience through facilitating the training and upskilling process, helping them pick up new skills more quickly. It can empower middle managers and free up more capacity for them.  

In agriculture for example many companies often struggle to provide advice to all farmers they would like. Thus, whitelabeled AI advisor is a great solution for extending the capacity, providing advice on routine topics, and collecting data in a seamless way, while inviting agronomists to join the conversation when needed conversation when needed or routing actionable inquiries (like intent to buy products from a farmer) to sales team. 

AGRIVI AI Engage advisory platform helps increase the capacity of your team to collaborate with a large number of farms and empower existing salespeople and agronomic advisors to handle actionable results.     

🔴 MYTH 2: Implementing AI Requires Additional Tech Knowledge and Resources for Our Team 

The general perception of most non-IT businesses is that implementing AI requires significant technical knowledge and resources. Yes, that depends if your company is searching for an internal development or external provider.  

For agriculture companies, searching for an external provider is mostly the choice, but the fear remains in equipping their agronomy team with the capacity to handle such AI projects.  

Not all agrifood companies have the capacity, resources, and skills to start with AI projects. That's why we at AGRIVI act as your extended team so you can start now and prevent missing out on the opportunity. 

AGRIVI provides a fully managed service for implementing your whitelabeled AI advisor. We analyze, process, test, and ensure the quality of data for training AI models. There is a non or minimum need for additional effort from your side.  

Moreover, whitelabeled AI advisor provides your team with a new, innovative marketing tool for marketing communication and promotion in order to engage your customers and position your company as a leader in innovations. 

🔴 MYTH 3: AI Advisor Doesn’t Have as Deep Agriculture Knowledge as Our Agronomists So It Can Give Wrong Information to The Farmers 

AI Advisors, like humans, are trained to master extensive knowledge bases. However, mistakes can occur whether the advice is provided by an AI or a human. The key factor is ensuring that the knowledge base, whether used by AI or people, is accurate. 

AGRIVI AI Advisor is trained on a verified and accurate knowledge set, to any depth desired, whether at a general level or deep agricultural knowledge. It is designed and trained by our team to be a true agronomy expert and a valuable partner to the farmers. Additionally, we enrich its agronomic knowledge base with data about your products, services, or any other know-how you would like AI Advisor to be capable of delivering to the farmers.  

Our dedication to quality assurance is the key to preventing AI Advisor from delivering false information and by which we can guarantee the accuracy of data delivered.  

Moreover, our team dedicated to creating and testing the knowledge base has extensive agronomic expertise and is ensuring that the advisor provides accurate and quality answers no matter what questions farmers raise. 

Start Small, Think Big: Embrace AI to Drive True Value for Your Business  

In today's rapidly evolving agricultural landscape, building stronger relationships with farms and distributors by integrating both physical and digital channels is crucial to reaching your business and sales goals with a value-added approach.  

By focusing on specific use cases that deliver real value, you can create a clear narrative that resonates with everyone in your organization and helps gain internal support. Avoiding AI projects due to internal resistance or fear of the unknown only keeps you stagnant and risks falling behind in a competitive market. 

💡 With AGRIVI AI Engage, you don’t have to take a giant leap into AI; you can start small and gradually explore the challenges, benefits, and opportunities that AI can bring to your organization.

If you’re considering how AI advisors can elevate your business and want a partner to help you identify the best use cases, book a free meeting with our experts today and discover how we can help you harness the power of AI to achieve your goals. 👉 Book a free meeting