February 13, 2026 10:06 AM.
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the first awards under a Quad-backed initiative to use artificial intelligence (AI) to modernise agriculture across the United States and the Indo-Pacific.
The programme, called Advancing Innovations for Empowering NextGen Agriculture, or AI-ENGAGE, will support six international research projects with an investment of 2.4 million dollars.
The initiative is being carried out with partner agencies in Australia, India and Japan. The six projects are spread across major US universities and involve researchers from at least three Quad countries.
The initiative fulfills a commitment to leverage emerging technologies for agricultural innovation. By focusing on AI-enabled scientific discovery in the agricultural sector, these projects advance the administration’s goals of boosting national productivity and solving pressing societal challenges.