Primary industry
Data science and artificial intelligence are optimising processes in primary industries including aquaculture, agriculture, horticulture and food safety.
This is a major area of application for data science and artificial intelligence technologies, particularly in New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region.
AI and machine learning techniques are playing an increasingly important role in this area.
Primary industry applications of data science and artificial intelligence include:
- aquaculture and the open ocean for a blue economy
- agricultural planting and products
- horticultural products
- fruit and vegetables
- plant and animal disease and weed management
- food safety
- water resources.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques have started playing an important role in this area, and a lot more work needs to be done.
Related research projects
Data science for aquaculture
We're using data science tools and artificial intelligence to optimise the farming of green-lipped mussels and breeding of finfish in open ocean farms.
Cyber-physical seafood systems
We're part of team working to create more value from fisheries by finding new uses—medical, cosmetic, and commercial—for those parts we don't normally eat.
Precision farming technologies for aquaculture
Remote monitoring of ocean farms helps farmers make more efficient real-time decisions when producing products such as mussels, salmon, and oysters.