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Title: Siddharth Anbalagan Builds Offline Agricultural Coding Bot with Civicom.org

Mombasa, Kenya, 19th Dec 2025 - Siddharth Anbalagan is a pre-medical student who has dedicated his coding skills to building an offline agricultural advisory bot designed to empower smallholder farmers. While his academic path is rooted in medicine, Siddharth’s curiosity and passion for problem-solving led him to spend four years learning how technology can address real-world challenges in agriculture.Growing up, Siddharth observed firsthand how difficult farming can be—particularly for rural communities. Challenges such as unpredictable weather, soil degradation, pest control, and volatile market prices are difficult to navigate without timely, reliable information. Unfortunately, access to digital agricultural guidance remains limited in many deep rural areas, where internet connectivity is unreliable or nonexistent.Recognizing this gap, Siddharth posed a simple yet powerful question: If farmers need guidance the most where the internet is weakest, why not build a tool that works entirely offline? That question became the foundation of his work—spanning everything from technical development to community engagement across rural Africa.Four Years of Understanding the ProblemAlthough Siddharth’s formal education focuses on pre-medical studies, he invested four years immersing himself in agricultural communities. He engaged directly with farmers, cooperative leaders, and agricultural experts, learning through observation and conversation what a truly useful digital solution would require.Through this process, several essential requirements became clear:Offline functionality: Many farmers live beyond the reach of reliable internet access.Localization: Advice must be tailored to specific crops, climates, and farming methods.Practical guidance: Information must be actionable...

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