Ranveer Chandra

Vice President of Frontier Tuning, Microsoft. Passionate about AI, Innovation, Products, and Industry (Agriculture & Food). #FarmBeats #AirBand

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DKT. MWIGULU AONGOZA MJADALA KUHUSU UWEKEZAJI KWENYE KILIMO BIASHARA

▪️Asema ukiwekeza Tanzania, umewafikia watu milioni 170

WAZIRI MKUU Dkt. Mwigulu Nchemba amesema Tanzania ina fursa nyingi za uwekezaji kwenye kilimo na akawataka wenye mitaji waje kuwekeza Tanzania ambapo wataweza kufikia soko la watu milioni 170 kwenye ukanda wa Afrika Mashariki na Kati.

“Uwekezaji unaweza kuchangia kutoa huduma za chakula na lishe na wakati huohuo ukatengeneza fursa za kiuchumi zinazoonekana. Kwa hiyo, tunawakaribisha nyote kuwekeza nchini Tanzania kwani mnapowekeza Tanzania, kwa maana pana, mnawekeza pia katika soko la ukanda mzima,” alisema.

Akieleza fursa zilizopo, alitaja usindikaji na ufungashaji wa mazao, maghala, miundombinu ya kuhifadhi bidhaa katika ubaridi, usafirishaji, huduma za kidijitali na huduma za kifedha kwa wakulima na wafanyabiashara.

Ameyasema hayo jana (Jumanne, Oktoba 20, 2026) wakati akiongoza mjadala kuhusu uwekezaji kwenye kilimo biashara uliowahusisha viongozi wa kampuni za utafiti wa kilimo na teknolojia za kilimo, uzalishaji bidhaa za kilimo, mbegu na dawa za wadudu wa mazao yaliyofanyika kando ya Mkutano wa Kimataifa wa Norman E. Borlaug (Borlaug Dialogue), jijini Des Moines, Jimbo la Iowa, Marekani.

Akifafanua, Dkt. Mwigulu alisema Tanzania ina hekta milioni 44 za ardhi inayofaa kwa kilimo, lakini zinazotumika ni hekta milioni 10.8 pekee. Kuhusu kilimo cha umwagiliaji, alisema nchi ina uwezo wa kumwagilia hekta milioni 29.4, lakini kwa sasa zinazotumika ni hekta 727,28 hali inayotoa fursa kubwa kwa wawekezaji.

Dkt. Mwigulu alisema Serikali imewekeza katika skimu za umwagiliaji, uzalishaji wa mbegu na programu za kuwawezesha vijana kushiriki katika kilimo, mifugo na uvuvi. Vilevile, imeweka vivutio vya kikodi na visivyo vya kikodi kwa wawekezaji.

Waziri Mkuu alisisitiza kuwa sekta binafsi ni mshirika muhimu katika kuongeza thamani ya mazao, kupanua masoko, kutengeneza ajira zenye staha na kuimarisha usalama wa chakula na lishe.

Akichangia mjadala huo kuhusu matumizi ya Akili Unde (AI) katika kilimo, Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Utafiti na Viwanda wa Kampuni ya Microsoft, Dkt. Ranveer Chandra alisema alianzisha programu ya kilimo ndani ya Microsoft miaka 10 iliyopita na tangu wakati huo, wametekeleza shughuli mbalimbali nchini Tanzania.

“Miongoni mwa shughuli hizo ni ushirikiano wetu na MADE Alliance, ambao ulilenga kusaidia matumizi ya mifumo ya malipo ya kidijitali kwa wakulima 50,000 wa alizeti nchini Tanzania. Pia tulishirikiana na kampuni ya Mawingu kupanua upatikanaji wa huduma za mawasiliano na intaneti katika maeneo mbalimbali nchini Tanzania.”

Kuhusu kuongeza ujuzi wa akili unde, Dkt. Ranveer Chandra alisema wameshirikiana na ABSA Tanzania pamoja na Women in Tech kutekeleza mpango unaolenga kuwapatia wanawake 5,000 mafunzo kuhusu akili unde.

“Akili unde inaweza kusaidia kuongeza kipato cha wakulima, kuboresha tija ya uzalishaji na kupunguza upotevu wa mazao. Ndani ya Microsoft, tumekuwa tukichunguza namna akili unde inavyoweza kutumika kufanikisha malengo hayo. Tunashirikiana na nchi mbalimbali, maeneo tofauti na taasisi nyingi katika kuendeleza teknolojia hii,” alisema.

Alisema akili unde haipaswi kuchukuliwa kama mbadala wa mkulima, bali kama nyenzo ya kuongeza maarifa na uwezo wa mkulima kufanya maamuzi sahihi. “Wakulima hufanya maamuzi mengi kila siku. Kwa mfano, baadhi ya maamuzi kuhusu wakati wa kupanda, kuvuna na kumwagilia mazao hufanywa kwa kukisia au uzoefu binafsi, bila kuwa na taarifa zote zinazohitajika.”

“Kupitia akili unde, tunaweza kupunguza utegemezi wa makisio na kuwawezesha wakulima kufanya maamuzi yanayotegemea taarifa sahihi zaidi. Changamoto moja muhimu tunayojaribu kutatua ni namna ya kufanya teknolojia hii iwe nafuu na iweze kufikiwa na wakulima wengi,” alisema.

Alisema Tanzania ina faida zaidi kutokana na nafasi yake ya kimkakati kama lango la kuunganisha masoko ya kikanda. “Tanzania inaweza kuwa mfano wa kituo cha kikanda cha akili unde kwa ajili ya

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IDEAS4INDIA: Celebrating the Tech Titans of Seattle!

Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, along with Ambassador Vinay Kwatra, engaged with leading Indian-American tech CEOs, founders and innovators at the 1st IDEAS4INDIA: Unlocking the Tech Dividend Forum in Seattle.

Seattle’s foremost technology leaders shared ideas and perspectives on innovation, talent and opportunities that can contribute to India’s AI journey and strengthen India-US Tech partnership.

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[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

Open-weight models are essential to a healthy AI ecosystem. Together with others across our industry, we are outlining a path for open-weight models to strengthen American competitiveness and expand economic opportunity, while protecting national security. https://t.co/Tr0sAzAxTD

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News Update: a lot of smart hard working people put up with me for many years. Thanks :)

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Microsoft’s Frontier Tuning aims to teach AI how enterprises work, not just context
https://t.co/eZTuB2nUU7

[Microsoft Copilot @MSFTCopilot]

Introducing Frontier Tuning—a new way to continuously improve agents using your organization’s data, processes, and real-world workflows.

Engage with Microsoft FDEs to get started.

Learn more: https://t.co/OGXHzLT8oA

[Ranveer Chandra @RanveerChandra]

Today, we announced @Microsoft Frontier Tuning -- enabling enterprises to “own their intelligence “ through their own tuned models, harness, evals, and skills. This gives the best performance leveraging their own data and workflows, and even more seamlessly in M365!

[Microsoft 365 Developer @Microsoft365Dev]

Frontier Tuning: Teaching AI to work the way you do

• A continuously evolving environment
• Your company’s data, domain knowledge, and workflows
• Tuned models, skills, and harness

See more → https://t.co/4ErX0TaJ46

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[Microsoft 365 Developer @Microsoft365Dev]

Frontier Tuning: Teaching AI to work the way you do

• A continuously evolving environment
• Your company’s data, domain knowledge, and workflows
• Tuned models, skills, and harness

See more → https://t.co/4ErX0TaJ46

#Copilot #CopilotStudio

[World Bank Group AgriFood @WBG_AgriFood]

Listen to a Table for 10 Billion podcast episode on how artificial intelligence can transform agriculture.

Speakers:
- Cathy Kamanu, Kenyan Farmer
- @RanveerChandra, @Microsoft
- Alesha Miller, @digitalgreenorg
- Parmesh Shah, @WorldBankGroup

🎧 https://t.co/9yJ5stSm55

[Ranveer Chandra @RanveerChandra]

Wonderful to see #FarmBeats for Students and @Microsoft's partnership with the @NationalFFA being highlighted by the @USDA Secretary of Agriculture. https://t.co/ewqxLfOKfX

[Ranveer Chandra @RanveerChandra]

@KallolSaha Interested to learn more @KallolSaha. Please DM more details.

[Ranveer Chandra @RanveerChandra]

Had an engaging discussion with @AmbVMKwatra and leaders in Seattle on tech, innovation, and investment opportunities in India, including how #AI can help transform the lives of farmers in India. Thank you @IndiainSeattle for facilitating this discussion.

[Amb Vinay Mohan Kwatra @AmbVMKwatra]

Had an excellent conversation with a vibrant group of CEOs and tech industry leaders in Seattle. We discussed the importance of India- USA commercial ties and the opportunities for innovation and investment in India.

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A Historic Milestone: Indian Tricolor Hoisted for the First Time Ever Atop Seattle’s Iconic Space Needle

On India's 79th Independence Day, the Indian Tricolor was hoisted for the first time ever atop Seattle’s iconic Space Needle, a proud moment for the Indian diaspora in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest!

Celebrations continued at scenic Kerry Park, where the community gathered to witness the Indian flag soaring against the Seattle skyline.

King county, Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue and Spokane issued proclamations honoring the occasion and iconic landmarks of Seattle and Tacoma were lit up in tricolors.

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[Benjamin Van Durme @ben_vandurme]

I am growing an R&D team around Copilot Tuning, a newly announced effort that supports adaptation at a customer-specific level.
Join us! https://t.co/kVocnuTrKN
We collaborate with a crack team of eng and scientists that support the product, also growing!
https://t.co/typyUXfQ8g

[Microsoft @Microsoft]

With Copilot Tuning you can use your organization’s knowledge to train Copilot to perform specific tasks like document generation, summarization or expert Q&A using your familiar tone, structure, and format. https://t.co/EMKt6tEIzh

[Microsoft Mechanics @MSFTMechanics]

You don’t need to be a data scientist or prompt engineer to get fine-tuned AI responses. Copilot Tuning lets anyone create task-specific models in just a few clicks. See how. https://t.co/1xSBDzgzFh #CopilotTuning #copilot #microsoft #microsoft365 #ai #artificialintelligence

[Ranveer Chandra @RanveerChandra]

Excited to share Copilot Tuning - a secure, turnkey, self-serve way for enterprises to fine tune large models on their data and surface them in M365 #Copilot. Super excited to share the first version of the product we have been working on since late last summer.#CopilotTuning

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

2. Copilot Tuning: Copilot can now learn your company’s unique tone and language. It is all about taking that expertise you have as a firm and further amplifying it so everyone has access.

[Ranveer Chandra @RanveerChandra]

#AI can help smallholder farmers be more productive, profitable, and sustainable. Excited to see how the project we started in Baramati 2 years ago is helping farmers on the ground. Read more in Satya’s note below.

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

A fantastic example of AI's impact on agriculture.

[India In Seattle @IndiainSeattle]

A very special celebration of India's 76th Republic Day in Seattle!

A very big thank you to
✅ Washington State Governor Hon’ble Bob Ferguson and Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, Mr. Satya Nadella for joining.
✅ Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, US Rep Michael Baumgartner, US Rep. Suzan K Delbene, US Rep Kim Schrier, US Rep Adam Smith, Attorney General Nick Brown for participating in the event
✅ The Mayors of 10 cities from Greater Seattle Area for gracing the occasion.

Also, Washington State Passes Senate Resolution 8604 welcoming the 76th Republic Day of India.

Iconic Seattle landmarks - Seattle Great Wheel, Convention Center, Columbia Center - all lit in tricolor to mark the occasion.

More details at https://t.co/dlETs0iIYV

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