Development of Artificial Intelligence-based chatbot for smart aquafarm practices
Abstract
This study includes the development of a farm advisory framework known as the “AquaProFAN framework,” which is concerned with the study of various requirements by the aquafarmers and stakeholder community in fisheries. AquaProFAN (Aqua Professional Farm Advisory Network) advisory committee provided careful consideration to the aquafarmers' inquiries and proper clarification with many innovative ideas, and the feasibility study on chatbot implementation was also performed. The end product, called AquaGent, is an AI-based chatbot designed for shrimp aquafarmers and support services. It was developed and deployed in social media platforms like Facebook Messenger and Telegram for research and dissemination purposes. The effectiveness of the chatbot was analysed and the findings indicated that: (i) informational requests are more satisfactory than emotional requests, (ii) the performance of chatbot is comparatively better than other software applications concerning informational requests, (iii) participants perceive ‘AquaGent’ chatbot to be more user friendly and time saving. It can be concluded that the implementation of this state-of-art technology in aquaculture sector will improve stakeholders' understanding for future efficient and profitable production.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The information sourced from the organizations (TNJFU, NFDB, ICAR-CIBA, CAA, and MPEDA) was completely from their websites, and it is free for public access. There is no commercial or financial interest upon usage of the above information in the chatbot.
Open Research
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article.