goodnesslawal2-cyber/gemmafarm

AI Agricultural Advisory for Northern Nigeria powered by Gemma 4 # 🌾 GemmaFarm - AI Agricultural Advisory for Northern Nigeria > **Hackathon Project** for the *Build with Gemma 4 Hackathon Sprint* hosted by GDGoC BUK (Bayero University Kano) ## 🎯 Track **GenAI for Good** (Agriculture) with **Local Language** crossover support ## 📋 Problem Statement Smallholder farmers in Northern Nigeria face critical challenges: - **Limited access to agricultural expertise** — Extension officers are scarce, especially in rural areas - **Pest and disease identification** — Farmers lose 30-40% of crops due to late pest detection - **Market information asymmetry** — Farmers sell at low prices due to lack of real-time market data - **Language barriers** — Most advisory services are only available in English, excluding Hausa-speaking farmers - **Climate variability** — Erratic rainfall patterns require adaptive farming strategies ## 💡 Solution **GemmaFarm** is an AI-powered agricultural advisory assistant that leverages **Google's Gemma 4** open models to provide: 1. **Multilingual Support** — Answers in both **Hausa** and **English** 2. **Multimodal Pest Identification** — Farmers upload photos of affected crops; Gemma 4 analyzes and identifies pests/diseases 3. **Native Function Calling** — Real-time weather data and market prices via structured tool use 4. **Localized Advice** — Tailored recommendations for Northern Nigeria's agro-ecological zones 5. **Offline-First Design** — Can run locally via Ollama for areas with poor connectivity ## 🏗️ Architecture ``` ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ GemmaFarm Web App │ │ (Streamlit UI) │ └───────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ┌───────────────┼───────────────┐ ▼ ▼ ▼ ┌──────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ │ Gemma 4 │ │ Tool APIs │ │ Multimodal │ │ (Ollama/ │ │ (Weather, │ │ Analysis │ │ Hugg …