Oilseeds Kisaan Mitra AI Advisory Launched

India launched Oilseeds Kisaan Mitra, a nationwide WhatsApp-based AI advisory service for oilseed farmers.

Oilseeds Kisaan Mitra is designed to provide farmers with instant and research-based advisory support through WhatsApp. The service supports questions in Indian languages and focuses on crops such as groundnut, mustard, sesame, sunflower, soybean and niger. It is linked to India’s effort to increase domestic oilseed production and reduce dependence on edible oil imports. The initiative is relevant for questions on agri-tech, digital agriculture and AI-based public service delivery.