KissanAI Partners with UNDP to Launch CoPilot for Farmers

Agriculture Generative AI startup, KissanAI announced that it has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to develop the pioneering voice-based vernacular generative AI CoPilot for Climate Resilient Agriculture (CRA) practices.

The partnership aims to provide essential advisory services to thousands of Indian farmers, particularly smallholders disproportionately affected by the adverse impacts of climate change.

One of the primary objectives of this initiative is to extend the benefits of the Generative AI revolution to a wide audience, with a particular focus on reaching a significant number of women farmers. By leveraging voice-based technology, the CoPilot aims to bridge language barriers and provide accessible, user-friendly information, enabling women farmers to actively participate in and benefit from the advancements in Generative AI.

This marks the second product launch for KissanAI, following the recent introduction of Dhenu 1.0. Dhenu 1.0 is an agricultural large language model specifically designed for Indian agricultural practices. Notably, this bilingual model is adept at comprehending queries in English, Hindi, and Hinglish, addressing the linguistic needs of farmers directly.

Dhenu 1.0 has undergone meticulous training on extensive, high-quality datasets intricately focused on Indian agricultural practices. The model's uniqueness lies in its bilingual nature, adeptly processing 300,000 instruction sets in both English and Hindi. 

Dhenu is not yet available in the market as it is currently undergoing evaluation. “The goal is to have some RAG testing with the model. And, evaluation may take time because we are a small team,” shared KisaanA founder Pratik Desai in an exclusive interview with AIM.