Andhra Pradesh: AI voice agent to provide agricultural advice to ryots in Telugu

BAPATLA: Agriculture Minister Kinjarapu Atchannaidu on Monday inaugurated the Centre of Excellence in Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology (CEPHET) main building, a farm machinery workshop and training centre at Bapatla, and launched an AI-powered voice agent to provide round-the-clock agricultural advice to farmers in Telugu.

Established under Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) with Central support under the RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme, it aims to promote crop value addition, farm mechanisation and post-harvest technology across AP.