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Co-Creating AI for Agriculture: Nigeria’s Nsukka Yellow Pepper Project

About the Case Study

This case study highlights Nigeria’s Nsukka Yellow Pepper Project, which successfully co-created AI solutions with women farmers. By prioritizing community needs, the project developed innovations like a solar-powered pest detection system and an SMS-based irrigation system, leading to improved farming, increased trust, and the formation of a cooperative. This initiative demonstrates how integrating human rights and genuine participation throughout the AI lifecycle can empower marginalized agricultural communities.

An African AI Toolbox: Integrating Human Rights considerations along the AI lifecycle

The Toolbox applies a Human Rights-based AI Lifecycle Framework, integrating reflective questions and the Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) developed with the Alan Turing Institute.

It emphasizes participatory, multidisciplinary approaches and is rooted in feminist, decolonial, and Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) principles and incorporates lessons from emerging digital rights challenges, ensuring AI systems are designed with safety and dignity at their core.

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