gabrielmahia/shamba-ai

🌾 AI-powered Kenya farmer advisory — crop disease diagnosis, weather alerts, and market prices in Swahili # 🌾 Shamba AI — Kenya Farmer Advisory in Swahili > *Shamba* (Swahili) = farm, field, agricultural land AI-powered farming assistant that helps Kenyan farmers with crop disease diagnosis, weather alerts, market prices, and agricultural advice — all in natural Swahili. ## What it does | Feature | Description | |---------|-------------| | 🔍 Crop Disease | Describe symptoms in Swahili, get diagnosis and treatment | | 🌤 Weather | Daily weather advisory for your county | | 💰 Market Prices | Current maize, beans, tomato prices by county | | 🌱 Planting Calendar | Optimal planting windows by crop and region | | 💊 Inputs Guide | Fertilizer and pesticide recommendations | | 📱 SMS Export | Send summary to your phone via Africa's Talking | ## Research Basis Built on the cross-lingual RAG methodology validated for agricultural advisory in low-resource languages (arXiv:2601.02065). Native Swahili reasoning produces ~4× fewer errors than translation-based approaches (arXiv:2509.04516). ## Architecture ``` User (Swahili) → Gemini REST API → Domain-grounded response (Swahili) ↓ Kenya crop knowledge base County weather API WFP market price data ``` ## Quickstart ```bash git clone github.com cd shamba-ai pip install -r requirements.txt # Add GOOGLE_API_KEY to .streamlit/secrets.toml streamlit run app.py ``` ## Data Sources - Kenya Meteorological Department (public API) - WFP Market Monitor Kenya (public data) - KARI/KALRO crop disease documentation - Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) ## Part of the East Africa Civic Tech Portfolio This app is part of a portfolio of 25+ open-source AI tools for East Africa. See also: mpesa-mcp | DarajaAI | ShuleAI ## Disclaimer This tool provides AI-generated agricultural guidance for educational purposes only. Always verify with certified agricultural extension officers. Not liable for crop losses. --- *Built with ❤️ for East African farmers | gabrielmahia.ai* ## IP & Collaboration MI …