202301070175-ops/AI-Agent-for-Smart-Farming-Advice

AI agent gives smart farming tips using IBM Granite—crop advice, pest control, and mandi rates # 🌾 AI Agent for Smart Farming Advice An AI agent that provides smart farming tips using IBM Granite — crop advice, pest control, irrigation tips, and mandi rates — all simulated intelligently without external APIs. Designed to support small-scale farmers with easy, multilingual access to agricultural knowledge. --- ## 🧠 Technologies Used - IBM Watsonx.ai Studio - IBM Granite Foundation Model (LLM) - IBM Cloud Object Storage --- ## ☁️ IBM Cloud Services Used - Watsonx.ai (LangGraph + ReAct) - Granite Model (granite-13b-chat or granite-3-8b-instruct) - IBM Cloud Lite Account (Free Tier) - IBM Cloud Object Storage --- ## 🧱 PART 1: Building the Agent ### ✅ Step 1: Access Watsonx.ai - Log in at IBM Cloud - Open the navigation menu → Watsonx > Watsonx.ai ### ✅ Step 2: Open Agent Lab - On the dashboard, go to **Gen AI** - Click **Automating Tasks** → **Agent Lab** ### ✅ Step 3: Create a New Project - Click **Create New Project** - Name: Smart Farming Agent - Add Cloud Object Storage when prompted ### ✅ Step 4: Build the Chat Agent - Go to the project → Select **Chat and Build** - Click **Associate Service** → Create new service - Choose watsonx.ai Runtime ### ✅ Step 5: Model and Tool Selection - Choose: granite-13b-chat (or granite-3-8b-instruct) - Click **View All** → Open **Agent Lab** - Add: - Agent Instructions - Sample Questions - **Tools** (DO NOT select): - ❌ WebCrawler - ❌ Tavily Search - ❌ Python Interpreter - ❌ Document Search --- ## 🌾 Agent Instructions (Summary) You are a smart farming assistant built using IBM Granite on IBM Cloud. You help small-scale farmers by answering questions about crops, seasons, soil, weather, pest control, and market prices. When greeted, say: "Hi, I’m your Smart Farming Assistant. Ask me anything about crops, seasons, soil, weather, or prices!" Your tasks include: - Recommending crops suitable for the current season and location - Explaining basic soil and pest management practices - Offering planting or harvesti …