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In Malawi, in southern Africa, around 80% of the population rely on agriculture for their livelihoods.

They face multiple challenges, from climate change to invasive species and natural disasters.

And accessing information that could help them respond can be difficult in rural areas.

But now a new chatbot is using artificial intelligence to help farmers in English and the country's other main language, Chichewa.

Our reporter Jacob Evans has the story.

Okay, so Anna is explaining to say she works with 150 farmers and sometimes it's more.

So she says the farmers come to me or whenever I'm visiting, inspecting their crops, that's when they do ask the questions.

Sometimes only two men out of ten women.

Goodbye and take care.

Now with the new year, many of us make resolutions for big changes in our lives, perhaps pursuing the job we've always wanted.

Catherine Smeeth recently became one of the very few women in the UK licensed to drive the heaviest lorries or trucks, fulfilling a childhood ambition at the age of 55.

She got her license a few months ago and hopes to inspire more women to work in a job that's still dominated by men.

I found that a solution to my flagging self-esteem and self-confidence in middle age was to get an HGV licence.

If you want to feel empowered, drive a big truck.

If you want to smash society and expectations and stereotypes, drive a really big truck.

It's long hours, it's hard work, but driving a big truck is really good fun.

There are three other women drivers at my haulage company that I work for.

It would be great to see more women in the job.