Krishi 24/7

About Krishi 24/7

• It is the first-ever AI-powered solution for automated agricultural news monitoring and analysis with support from Google.org.
• Features
  • The tool scans news articles in multiple languages and translates them into English.
  • It extracts essential information from news articles, such as headline, crop name, event type, date, location, severity, summary, and source link, ensuring that the ministry receives timely updates on relevant events published on the web.
• Significance
  • It addresses the need for an efficient mechanism to identify and manage agricultural news articles of interest to aid timely decision-making.
  • It will aid Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) to identify relevant news, generate timely alerts, and take prompt action to protect farmers’ interests and promote sustainable agricultural growth through improved decision-making.

What is artificial intelligence?

• It is a wide-ranging branch of computer science concerned with building smart machines capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence.
• The goals of artificial intelligence include computer-enhanced learning, reasoning, and perception.
• AI is being used today across different industries, from finance to healthcare.

Q1) What is Machine learning?

It is a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) that focuses on the development of algorithms and statistical models that enable computers to improve their performance on a specific task through learning from data, without being explicitly programmed. It is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field with a wide range of applications across various industries.

Source: Krishi 24/7, the first-ever AI-powered solution for automated agricultural news monitoring and analysis