AgriConnect Lesotho — Agriculture Reference Implementation with Multilingual Support
AgriConnect Lesotho — Agriculture Use Case
Summary
This branch implements AgriConnect, an AI-powered agricultural advisory system for extension workers in Lesotho, built on the GENIE.AI framework for the IEEE/ITU GenAI for Good Challenge.
Contributions to the Framework
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Multilingual document ingestion — Patched document-repository to accept non-English documents. Critical for African language deployments.
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Sesotho translations — Added Southern Sotho (st.js) translations for all UI components. First African Bantu language in the framework.
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Agriculture knowledge hierarchy — Reference configuration for agricultural use cases: Crop Farming, Maize, Beans, Pest Management, Weather Advisory, Market Linkages.
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Public server deployment fixes — Documented and fixed CORS/CSP issues for real public IP deployments beyond localhost.
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AgriConnect as reference implementation — Complete agriculture use case demonstrating RAG pipeline for smallholder farming advisory.
Live Demo
Country Context
Kingdom of Lesotho — highland smallholder farming Target users: Agricultural extension workers Focus crops: Maize (poone) and Beans (linaoa) Partner: FAO Lesotho Office