'Data Science To Create Solutions For Farmers': US Students Develop App To Help Farmers In India

A group of students from the Dreamers & Data Organization at North Carolina State University in the USA have created an app called Mother Nature to assist farmers with their agricultural issues. The app was developed by Sripad Ganti, a freshman Statistics Major at NCSU, with help from other members of the Dreamers & Data Organization.

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What is the purpose of the app for farmers?

The primary objective of the organisation is to use Data Science for addressing real-world challenges.

The students aimed to develop a tool to assist farmers, with many of them having relatives or family friends in farming. Witnessing the struggles faced by these farmers motivated them to take action and do something more to help.

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How does the Mother Nature app work?

Mother Nature consists of an AI chatbot that has been trained on farming data. It utilises Open AIĄ¯s API to interact with users, aiming to provide farmers with information on modern techniques and address their inquiries.

OpenAI is a U.S. based artificial intelligence (AI) research organisation founded in December 2015, researching artificial intelligence with the goal of developing "safe and beneficial" AI, which it defines as "highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work".

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Additional features of the Mother Nature app include access to weather data and farming-related news based on the userĄ¯s location.

Farmers also have the ability to create profiles and communicate with each other through messaging.

According to Ganti, the objective is to cultivate a more collaborative community, fostering cooperation among farmers nationwide.

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Aim to expand reach of app cross-country

Currently, the app is primarily being utilised by farmers in the Telangana and Andhra regions of India as part of the testing phase.

However, the organisation envisions Mother Nature expanding its reach across the entire country.

With the ongoing battle for farmer's rights intensifying, such steps provide much-needed assistance to our farmers, ensuring their prosperity and well-being in the years to come.

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