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AI-powered farm advice can miss the people it is meant to serve if it overlooks literacy, phone access, language and local norms. Voice tools delivered through radio and mobile call-in platforms could help women farmers take part without needing a smartphone.
Why it mattersAn IFPRI article published by CGIAR also argues that speech models trained on real farmer calls may handle local speech better than models trained on clean, scripted recordings. Its message is practical: include women’s voices, protect privacy and involve women in shaping the advice, not merely in receiving it.
Discuss: Should AI farm-advice projects have to prove that women can shape and access their services before they are rolled out more widely?
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