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A Survey Paper on Rural E-marketplace for Local Farmers with Chatbot for Pesticides
Abstract
Rural farmers encounter issues regarding market access, crop advisory services, and safe use of pesticides, which results in lower income and productivity. The authors propose the design and evaluation of a smart digital platform for a rural emarketplace with an integrated AI-powered pesticide-advisory chatbot. The platform consists of mobile and web portals, farmer onboarding, crop listing, real-time pricing; secure payments, geospatial mapping of farms, IoT-based monitoring of crops, and AI-driven personalized and context-specific pesticide and cultivation guidance on a crop-by-crop basis. We overview background terminologies, illustrate literature, discuss existing trends and challenges facing rural agriculture, introduce the evaluation metrics and benchmarks we developed, and present applications and use-cases. Directions for the future, limitations and policy considerations are presented. Overall, the digital platform aims to elevate incomes for farmers, promote safe and sustainable farming practices, and generate empowerment in rural communities.
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