Oracle reasoned it could use AI, cloud computing and satellite technology to revolutionise the agricultural sector, providing insights and intelligence capable of improving the resiliency of global food systems.

It launched Oracle Government Data Intelligence for Agriculture, a tool employing AI to provide visibility into relevant data and crop performance, boosting the information available to governments.

Oracle CEO Mike Sicilia argued all nations are affected by challenges around food security and the company is offering a means to improve the predictability of agriculture using the trio of technologies listed above.

The company painted a picture of a lack of quality data on the agricultural sector, hindering efforts to predict yields.

Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, the agricultural product aims to tackle this by aggregating “massive data sets from a broad range of sources”, to offer insights into the systems and environmental elements affecting production and distribution.

Oracle noted data sources could include governments’ own information, satellite imagery, weather feeds, soil details and historical crop records.

The insights its system provides are delivered on “comprehensive dashboards” offering details of the progress made towards a nation’s agricultural targets.

It also alerts users to potential issues based on continuous monitoring of crop yields.