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What can artificial intelligence do for soil health in agriculture?

Stefan Schweng, Luca Giuliano Bernardini, Katharina Keiblinger, Hans‐Peter Kaul, Iztok Fister, Niko Lukač, Javier Del Ser, Andreas Holzinger

Computer Science Review · 2025

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Summary

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into soil research presents significant opportunities to advance the understanding, management, and conservation of soil ecosystems. This paper reviews the diverse applications of AI in soil health assessment, predictive modeling of soil properties, and the development of pedotransfer functions within the context of agriculture, emphasizing AI’s advantages over traditional analytical methods. We identify soil organic matter decline, compaction, and biodiversity loss as the most frequently addressed forms of soil degradation. Strong trends include the creation of digital soil maps, particularly for soil organic carbon and chemical properties using remote sensing or easily measurable proxies, as well as the development of decision support syste

Subject
Soil carbon & organic matter
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.1016/j.cosrev.2025.100832
Catalogue ID
SNmojxd8i1-tf6vtk
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