5 results · grouped by type
MasakhanePan-African grassroots collective building NLP and machine translation for African languages.Aluna I.A. and AgroHub del Magdalena (Arhuaco indigenous agriculture)Initiative of the Universidad del Magdalena that applies AI, data analytics and digital systems to strengthen traditional agricultural practices of Arhuaco communities in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Jwinaruwun and Durankwa). It uses an offline-first mobile app that records crops, soils, water and producers' needs, plus dashboards, maps and conversational assistants, seeking to read climate signals and protect crops without breaking the spiritual connection with the territory.Digital Green: participatory video for agricultural extensionDigital Green disseminates agricultural information to smallholder farmers in India through participatorily produced digital video: content production with local farmers, a video database, facilitator-mediated instruction and an introduction sequence for new communities. It relies on women's self-help groups via JEEViKA and NRLM. Since mid-2023 it evolved into Farmer.Chat, a multimodal generative AI assistant (with OpenAI and Gooey.AI); the GAIA II phase runs 2025-2027.PlantVillage Nuru (Kenya)Mobile AI app (computer vision / deep learning) that diagnoses crop diseases and pests from photos of leaves, offline, on low-cost phones. In Kenya it is deployed with small-scale farmers and extension agents to diagnose cassava diseases (CMD, CBSD) and maize diseases, with advice in Swahili and English. Nuru means light in Swahili.SyRI (Systeem Risico Indicatie)State system for detecting social benefits fraud that since 2014 cross-referenced personal data from multiple databases (municipalities, UWV, the tax authority, Social Affairs) with a hidden algorithmic risk model to flag 'unlikely profiles'. It was applied mainly in low-income and minority neighborhoods. A civil rights coalition led by Platform Bescherming Burgerrechten sued it ('Bij Voorbaat Verdacht' campaign). On February 5, 2020 the court of The Hague ordered it to be halted for violating art. 8 of the ECHR, due to lack of transparency and insufficient safeguards.