**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** AI INSTITUTE FOR RESILIENT AGRICULTURE (AIIRA) IS COMMITTED TO SPEEDING THE PROGRESS, PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF TODAY'S AGRICULTURE BY MAKING THE POWER OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AVAILABLE TO ALL. AIIRA IS BRINGING TOGETHER SCIENTISTS AND FARMERS, INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT TO ADAPT THESE TECHNOLOGIES AND ENCOURAGE THEIR ADOPTION TO MORE EFFECTIVELY TRANSFORM AGRICULTURE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWING POPULATION AND INCREASINGLY CLIMATE-CHALLENGED FOOD SYSTEMS. SPECIFICALLY, AIIRA'S FOCUS IS ON THE USE OF AI -DRIVEN PREDICTIVE DIGITAL TWINS TO ASSIMILATE DATA COLLECTED FROM NOVEL SENSORS TO MODEL AGRICULTURAL PHENOMENA AT THE PLANT AND FIELD SCALES.AIIRA CAN EXPAND OUR KNOWLEDGE BASE AND STRENGTHEN OUR EXPERTISE THROUGH COLLABORATING WITH AI EXPERTS AROUND THE GLOBE. BY APPLYING THE AI-DRIVEN DIGITAL TWIN TECHNOLOGIES USED BY WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH AND THE NOVEL SENSORS THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO INTEGRATES INTO THEIR SMART FARM SYSTEMS, AIIRA CAN BETTER ACHIEVE OUR MISSION TO SPEED THE PROGRESS, PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF TODAY'S AGRICULTURE BY MAKING THE POWER OF AI IN AGRICULTURE AVAILABLE TO ALL.