About Oilseeds Kisaan Mitra:
- It is a WhatsApp-based artificial intelligence-powered advisory service.
- It is developed by the ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research (ICAR-IIOR), Hyderabad.
- It aimed at strengthening oilseed (groundnut, mustard, sesame, sunflower, soybean, niger, and other oilseed crops) cultivation and improving farmers’ access to scientific guidance.
- Features:
- It provides round-the-clock, research-based support to oilseed farmers in multiple Indian languages.
- The AI-powered chatbot responds instantly with research-based guidance on variety selection, crop management, pest and disease control, irrigation, and post-harvest practices, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, free of cost.
- How It Works?
- It uses advanced AI and a robust knowledge base developed from the collective scientific expertise of multiple ICAR institutes.
- It understands questions typed or sent in regional languages and provides precise, crop-specific answers.
- Farmers need no special app or internet browser; the familiar WhatsApp interface is all that is needed.
- The chatbot covers the entire crop cycle including variety selection, agronomic practices, pest and disease management, irrigation scheduling, and post-harvest guidance and seed availability.
- The knowledge base has been built collaboratively with ICAR-National Soybean Research Institute, Indore (ICAR-NSRI), ICAR-Indian Institute of Groundnut Research, Junagadh (ICAR-IIGR), ICAR-Indian Institute of Rapeseed and Mustard Research, Bharatpur (ICAR-IIRMR) and PC-Unit (Sesame & Niger).
