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Union Agriculture Ministry signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) with IT major IBM (International Business Machines) to provide Farmers with the weather forecast and soil moisture information. It was signed in the presence of Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and junior minister Kailash Choudhary, and other senior officials. Under the project, a pilot study will be undertaken for the Kharif crop season 2019 in three districts of Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Rajkot(Gujarat )and Nanded (Maharashtra ). IBM's Watson Decision Platform, a platform comprising next-generation technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things, and cloud solutions will give solution in the field of agriculture at village level or farm level to provide weather forecast and soil moisture information.