AI tool Bharat VISTAAR to provide farmers

The government is aiming to launch Bharat-VISTAAR (Virtually Integrated System to Access Agricultural Resources) a multilingual AI tool to help farmers gain access to a virtual classroom to learn best agricultural practices including crop planning, pests advisory, weather forecast, mandi prices and about various schemes.

The AI tool will be initially to be launched in Hindi and English and gradually become capable of responding in regional languages, aimed at boosting farm productivity through providing a range of advisory services on a real time basis, an official said.