<translate> Wengi wa wakulima wadogo nchini Tanzania wana uwezo wa kuwasiliana kupitia lugha ya Kiswahili na lahaja zake pekee. Jukwaa la maandishi na sauti linalopatikana katika lugha ya watu wasiohudumiwa yaani, Kiswahili litakuwa ufunguo wa ufikiaji mpana, kupitishwa na matumizi ya ushauri wa kidijitali ya kilimo na huduma za kifedha nchini Tanzania. Lengo ni kuandaa jukwaa la utambuzi wa maandishi na sauti ambalo litawapa wakulima wadogo katika mnyororo wa Thamani wa Mahindi Tanzania na huduma za kidijitali za kifedha na zisizo za kifedha za kiotomatiki kwa kuzingatia eneo, maeneo ya ikolojia ya kilimo na mzunguko wa mazao. Kulingana na data iliyogawanywa kwa jinsia kutoka kwa awamu ya majaribio, inategemewa kuwa wengi wa washiriki watakuwa wanawake. <eng>
A majority of smallholder farmers in Tanzania are only able to communicate through the Kiswahili spoken language and its dialects. A text and voice-based platform made available in the language of the underserved i.e., Kiswahili would be key to wide access, adoption, and usage of digital agricultural advisory and financial services in Tanzania. The objective is to develop a text and voice recognition platform that will offer smallholder farmers in the Tanzanian Maize Value Chain personalized digital financial and non-financial automated services based on location, agro-ecological zones, and crop cycle. Based on gender-disaggregated data from the pilot phase, it is anticipated that the majority of participants will be women. 