---
language:
  - bn
  - en
  - es
  - zh
license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
  - question-answering
task_ids:
  - open-domain-qa
pretty_name: AgriQA Multilingual Dataset
size_categories:
  - 10K<n<100K
tags:
  - agriculture
  - multilingual
  - kisanvaani
  - question-answering
  - bengali
  - english
  - spanish
  - chinese
---

# AgriQA Multilingual Dataset

A multilingual agricultural question-answering dataset derived from the
[KisanVaani](https://huggingface.co/datasets/) corpus, covering four languages:
**Bengali (bn)**, **English (en)**, **Spanish (es)**, and **Chinese (zh)**.

## Dataset Statistics

| Split | Rows   |
|-------|--------|
| Train | 72,368 |
| Test  | 18,092  |
| **Total** | **90,460** |

### Language Distribution (per split — stratified)

| Language | Train | Test |
|----------|-------|------|
| Bengali (bn)  | 18,092 | 4,523 |
| English (en)  | 18,092 | 4,523 |
| Spanish (es)  | 18,092 | 4,523 |
| Chinese (zh)  | 18,092 | 4,523 |

## Dataset Structure

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("rokayon/AgriQA_Multilingual_Dataset")
```

### Fields

| Column   | Type   | Description                                      |
|----------|--------|--------------------------------------------------|
| `id`       | string | Unique identifier for each example               |
| `question` | string | Agricultural question in the target language     |
| `answer`   | string | Answer to the question in the target language    |
| `lang`     | string | ISO 639-1 language code (`bn`, `en`, `es`, `zh`) |
| `text`     | string | Combined question + answer text                  |

## Splits

The dataset is split **80 % train / 20 % test** using a **stratified split**
so that each language contributes equally proportional rows to both splits.

## License

[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite the original KisanVaani work and this
HuggingFace repository:

```bibtex
@dataset{rokayon_agriqamultilingual_2025,
  author    = {Rokayon},
  title     = {AgriQA Multilingual Dataset},
  year      = {2025},
  publisher = {HuggingFace},
  url       = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/rokayon/AgriQA_Multilingual_Dataset}
}
```