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AI Tax and Agricultural Gaps: Can Agentic AI Fix Our Broken Infrastructures?
24 Apr 2026
Dinis Guarda - Citiesabc - AI.DNA - Humans + Cities + AI Soul Convergence - Newsletter #14
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Dear Friends
What if the biggest failures in our most critical systems are not about intent but about infrastructure? We debate tax policy, subsidies, compliance, and governance. We invest in agricultural science, yield optimisation, and climate resilience.
And yet, in both cases, the outcomes fall short, at scale. Why?
Because the systems underneath them were never designed for the complexity, speed and fragmentation of today’s world. In taxation, governments are not short of rules, they are short of real-time visibility. In agriculture, farmers are not short of knowledge, it simply doesn’t reach them when it matters.
Let us introspect with one question: Do we have the right infrastructure to make those policies work?
Editorial highlight
AI & Taxes: Existing Gaps in Global Infrastructure and AI Solutions
What if the real tax crisis isn’t policy but outdated infrastructure? Governments lose billions each year to inefficiency, fraud, and reactive systems that can’t keep up with modern economies. AI changes the equation: from manual audits and delayed enforcement to real-time monitoring, predictive compliance, and smarter resource allocation, driving both higher revenue and fairer systems. This piece lays out how AI can transform tax administration into a proactive, data-driven engine for governance and public value.
→ Read the full article on businessabc: https://businessabc.net/ai-in-taxes-global-gaps-and-solutions
Our Weekly Research
Voice Of Agronomist: I Know Your Soil, But I Can’t Reach You
What if agriculture’s biggest failure isn’t production but distribution of knowledge? India generates world-class agronomic insights, yet over 135 million farmers operate without expert guidance. The gap isn’t science, it’s broken last-mile delivery, where incentives, language, and outdated systems distort or block the right advice. This piece reframes the challenge as an infrastructure problem and explores how AI + human networks can finally scale trusted, personalised agronomy.
→ Read the full article research by Dilip Pungliya on Citiesabc Impakt: https://impakt.citiesabc.com/voice-of-agronomist-i-know-your-soil-but-i-can-t-reach-you
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How can AI tackle humanity’s biggest challenges? Juan M. Lavista Ferres explores how data science and AI are being applied across sustainability, health, humanitarian action, and accessibility. He unpacks the role of responsible AI, bridging the digital divide, and why scaling impact requires combining advanced technology with real-world collaboration. Watch the interview.
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A timely look at how finance is being redefined at the intersection of technology, regulation, and global markets.
→Read more in businessabc: https://businessabc.net/icai-uk-chapter-international-conference-2026-defining-the-future-of-global-finance-with-governance-and-ai
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Quote to think about it over and over again
“We have come as far as we have because we are the cleverest creatures to have ever lived on Earth. But if we are to continue to exist, we will require more than intelligence. We will require wisdom.”
― David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
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