As the Chair of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), India effectively hosted the GPAI Summit on December 12-14, 2023, in the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. 

Over three days, about 30 talks were held, featuring famous AI experts from GPAI, international organizations, industry/startups, and academia. Several sessions were held behind closed doors, with GPAI representatives and experts in attendance. The meeting was attended by about 22,000 people, with over 15,000 AI enthusiasts participating remotely. Young firms and well-known technological enterprises demonstrate their artificial intelligence applications and solutions at the Global AI Expo. 

This week, we'll examine the RIGE-Sense: Rice Age Sensing Using Colorimetric Technique.

More inventive supply chain management and quality evaluation solutions are needed in the global food production and distribution context. The world's growing population and agricultural demands require modern food production and processing systems. For example, one area that needs improvement is the traditional technique for figuring out how old rice is. A manual chemical reaction is used in this method of ageing rice, which has drawbacks, including subjectivity, inconsistent results, labour intensiveness, and a lack of real-time monitoring. 

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India, through the Food Corporation of India (FCI), has funded the "AI-based Agri-photonics Solution for Estimation of the Age of Rice." 

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata, a Scientific Society under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India, is in charge of implementing this state-of-the-art technology. For Public Distribution Agencies (PDA), the project tackles a critical component of rice distribution and acquisition. A manual chemical reaction is used in the traditional method of dating rice, which has drawbacks, including subjectivity, inconsistent results, labor-intensiveness, and a lack of real-time monitoring. 

The project plans to automate the process by employing robotics, AI, computer vision, machine learning algorithms, and sensors to overcome these limits. The outcome of this endeavour is the creation of "RIGE-Sense," a novel solution that completely automates the procedure and does away with manual intervention. 

The apparatus effectively blends a predetermined volume of chemical solution with a predetermined volume of rice sample, and a digital camera records the colour shift that occurs during the reaction. By comparing the colour of the rice with a pre-trained database, the AI-driven system can accurately estimate how old the rice is. The results' display ensures real-time decision-making in an intuitive graphical user interface. 

The "RIGE-Sense" system is expected to be crucial to nationwide FCI's Food Storage Depots (FSDs). This technique keeps outdated rice inventories from unintentionally finding their way into Public Distribution Agencies' supplies, guaranteeing they receive freshly milled rice. This initiative is an excellent example of how government agencies and academic institutions may work together to achieve successful partnerships and mark a significant advancement in technology-driven agriculture. 

The "RIGE-Sense" solution is evidence of India's dedication to innovation in guaranteeing the integrity and quality of vital food supply. The Agri-Electronics Group of CDAC, Kolkata, in collaboration with Food Corporation of India, New Delhi, has created the technology for this innovative solution.