OpenAlex · 2026-08-09
Researchers in Karnataka, India assessed how AI tools like demand forecasting, smart logistics, and real-time price data could fix the broken middleman chain between sugarcane farmers and mills. The study finds AI can reduce payment delays, stabilize prices, and cut waste, but only if rural digital infrastructure and farmer training catch up.
AI-based predictive analytics and demand forecasting can reduce price volatility and market information gaps that currently disadvantage Karnataka sugarcane farmers.
Smart logistics and digital market platforms can optimize procurement, transportation, and storage across the sugarcane value chain, cutting inefficiencies between farm and mill.
Successful AI adoption depends on three bottlenecks: rural digital infrastructure investment, targeted farmer awareness programs, and coordinated policy support from institutions.
