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Ankur Desai

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Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

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

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

Our reporter Jacob Evans has the story.

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

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

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

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

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

Sometimes only two men out of ten women.

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

Goodbye and take care.

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

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

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

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.

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

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.

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

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

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

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

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

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

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

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

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

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

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

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

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

If I could inspire even one person, if one little girl sees me in my truck and thinks, yeah, I could do that, yeah, that would be good.

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

I've done various jobs in my life.

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

I wanted to show my daughters that you can even, even at the age where a lot of people are looking at winding down, you can still do new things, learn new things, learn new skills, push yourself way beyond your limits and do things that scare you absolutely witless.

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

Finally, it's not uncommon for children to go into the same profession as one of their parents when they grow up.

Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine

But one young girl in Australia joined her father's photography business at the age of just nine and is now helping to capture the most special day of many people's lives.