Enhancing agronomic advisory in East Africa through integration of domain- Adapted Large Language Models (LLMs) and existing data-driven frameworks.

This study explores how integration of domain-adapted Large Language Models (LLMs) and existing data-driven frameworks enhance wheat agronomic advisory services in east Africa. Although LLMs hold transformative potential across various domains, their use in agro-advisory services in resource-constra...

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Main Author: Tilaye, A.
Format: Tesis
Language:Inglés
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176138
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description This study explores how integration of domain-adapted Large Language Models (LLMs) and existing data-driven frameworks enhance wheat agronomic advisory services in east Africa. Although LLMs hold transformative potential across various domains, their use in agro-advisory services in resource-constrained regions like East Africa is limited by a lack of domain-specific data and inadequate infrastructure. The general objective of this study is develop domain-adapted large language models (LLMs) that integrate heterogeneous agronomic inputs with existing data-driven frameworks, and evaluate their performance, and cross-regional adaptability for delivering accurate and context-aware agro-advisories. By extracting and structuring heterogeneous inputs from diverse sources using LLMs an agronomic knowledge base will be developed. Then open-source LLMs via efficient techniques (e.g., QLoRA), will be fine-tuned and integrated with existing geospatially enabled advisory systems using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). Performance of LLMs will be assessed through quantitative metrics and expert validation. Cross-regional adaptability will be also tested by using in-context learning and evaluated using expert validation. Expected outcomes include efficient pipeline that extracts and curates agronomic information from diverse sources, alongside a domain-adapted LLM integrated with existing data‐driven frameworks. Finally findings of the study will be disseminated via publications and presentations
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spelling CGSpace1761382025-08-26T01:11:36Z Enhancing agronomic advisory in East Africa through integration of domain- Adapted Large Language Models (LLMs) and existing data-driven frameworks. Tilaye, A. large language models east africa frameworks integration agronomy This study explores how integration of domain-adapted Large Language Models (LLMs) and existing data-driven frameworks enhance wheat agronomic advisory services in east Africa. Although LLMs hold transformative potential across various domains, their use in agro-advisory services in resource-constrained regions like East Africa is limited by a lack of domain-specific data and inadequate infrastructure. The general objective of this study is develop domain-adapted large language models (LLMs) that integrate heterogeneous agronomic inputs with existing data-driven frameworks, and evaluate their performance, and cross-regional adaptability for delivering accurate and context-aware agro-advisories. By extracting and structuring heterogeneous inputs from diverse sources using LLMs an agronomic knowledge base will be developed. Then open-source LLMs via efficient techniques (e.g., QLoRA), will be fine-tuned and integrated with existing geospatially enabled advisory systems using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). Performance of LLMs will be assessed through quantitative metrics and expert validation. Cross-regional adaptability will be also tested by using in-context learning and evaluated using expert validation. Expected outcomes include efficient pipeline that extracts and curates agronomic information from diverse sources, alongside a domain-adapted LLM integrated with existing data‐driven frameworks. Finally findings of the study will be disseminated via publications and presentations 2025-06-25 2025-08-19T07:17:11Z 2025-08-19T07:17:11Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176138 en Open Access application/pdf Tilaye, A. ( 2025). Enhancing agronomic advisory in East Africa through integration of domain- Adapted Large Language Models (LLMs) and existing data-driven frameworks. University Mohammed VI polytechnic. 52p.
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Enhancing agronomic advisory in East Africa through integration of domain- Adapted Large Language Models (LLMs) and existing data-driven frameworks.
title Enhancing agronomic advisory in East Africa through integration of domain- Adapted Large Language Models (LLMs) and existing data-driven frameworks.
title_full Enhancing agronomic advisory in East Africa through integration of domain- Adapted Large Language Models (LLMs) and existing data-driven frameworks.
title_fullStr Enhancing agronomic advisory in East Africa through integration of domain- Adapted Large Language Models (LLMs) and existing data-driven frameworks.
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing agronomic advisory in East Africa through integration of domain- Adapted Large Language Models (LLMs) and existing data-driven frameworks.
title_short Enhancing agronomic advisory in East Africa through integration of domain- Adapted Large Language Models (LLMs) and existing data-driven frameworks.
title_sort enhancing agronomic advisory in east africa through integration of domain adapted large language models llms and existing data driven frameworks
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east africa
frameworks
integration
agronomy
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