Oilseeds Kisaan Mitra

Oilseeds Kisaan Mitra Latest News

Recently, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has launched ‘Oilseeds Kisaan Mitra. 

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.

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Features of Oilseeds Kisaan Mitra

• 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.

Working of Oilseeds Kisaan Mitra

• 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).

Source: PIB