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AgroCoT: A Chain-of-Thought Benchmark for Evaluating Reasoning in Vision-Language Models for Agriculture

Yibin Wen, Qingmei Li, Zi Ye, Jiarui Zhang, Zurong Mai, Jing Wu, Shuohong Lou, Yuhang Chen, Henglian Huang, Xiaoya Fan, Yang Zhang, Defeng Gu, Lingyuan Zhao, Yutong Lu, Haohuan Fu, Jianxi Huang, Juepeng Zheng · Nov 28, 2025 · Citations: 0

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Abstract

Recent advancements in Vision-Language Models (VLMs) have significantly impacted various industries. In agriculture, these multimodal capabilities hold great promise for applications such as precision farming, crop monitoring, pest detection, and environmental sustainability. However, while several Visual Question Answering (VQA) datasets and benchmarks have been developed to assess VLM performance, they often fail to effectively evaluate the critical reasoning and problem-solving skills needed in complex agricultural contexts. To address this gap, we introduce AgroCoT, a VQA dataset that integrates Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning, specifically designed to evaluate the reasoning capabilities of VLMs. With 4,759 carefully curated samples, AgroCoT provides a comprehensive and robust evaluation of reasoning abilities, particularly in zero-shot scenarios, focusing on the models' ability to engage in logical reasoning and effective problem-solving. Our evaluation of 30 representative VLMs, including both proprietary and open-source models, reveals a gap in their reasoning capabilities, which underscores the importance of incorporating CoT for assessments. Our dataset is available at https://huggingface.co/datasets/wenyb/AgriCoT.

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Trust level

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Usefulness score

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Human Feedback Signal

Not explicit in abstract metadata

Evaluation Signal

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Adjacent candidate

Extraction confidence 35%

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Human Feedback Types

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No explicit feedback protocol extracted.

"Recent advancements in Vision-Language Models (VLMs) have significantly impacted various industries."

Evaluation Modes

partial

Automatic Metrics

Includes extracted eval setup.

"Recent advancements in Vision-Language Models (VLMs) have significantly impacted various industries."

Quality Controls

missing

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No explicit QC controls found.

"Recent advancements in Vision-Language Models (VLMs) have significantly impacted various industries."

Benchmarks / Datasets

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"Recent advancements in Vision-Language Models (VLMs) have significantly impacted various industries."

Reported Metrics

partial

Precision

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"In agriculture, these multimodal capabilities hold great promise for applications such as precision farming, crop monitoring, pest detection, and environmental sustainability."

Human Feedback Details

  • Uses human feedback: No
  • Feedback types: None
  • Rater population: Not reported
  • Expertise required: General

Evaluation Details

  • Evaluation modes: Automatic Metrics
  • Agentic eval: None
  • Quality controls: Not reported
  • Evidence quality: Low
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Protocol And Measurement Signals

Benchmarks / Datasets

No benchmark or dataset names were extracted from the available abstract.

Reported Metrics

precision

Research Brief

Metadata summary

Recent advancements in Vision-Language Models (VLMs) have significantly impacted various industries.

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Key Takeaways

  • Recent advancements in Vision-Language Models (VLMs) have significantly impacted various industries.
  • In agriculture, these multimodal capabilities hold great promise for applications such as precision farming, crop monitoring, pest detection, and environmental sustainability.
  • However, while several Visual Question Answering (VQA) datasets and benchmarks have been developed to assess VLM performance, they often fail to effectively evaluate the critical reasoning and problem-solving skills needed in complex agricultural contexts.

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Research Summary

Contribution Summary

  • However, while several Visual Question Answering (VQA) datasets and benchmarks have been developed to assess VLM performance, they often fail to effectively evaluate the critical reasoning and problem-solving skills needed in complex…
  • To address this gap, we introduce AgroCoT, a VQA dataset that integrates Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning, specifically designed to evaluate the reasoning capabilities of VLMs.
  • With 4,759 carefully curated samples, AgroCoT provides a comprehensive and robust evaluation of reasoning abilities, particularly in zero-shot scenarios, focusing on the models' ability to engage in logical reasoning and effective…

Why It Matters For Eval

  • However, while several Visual Question Answering (VQA) datasets and benchmarks have been developed to assess VLM performance, they often fail to effectively evaluate the critical reasoning and problem-solving skills needed in complex…
  • With 4,759 carefully curated samples, AgroCoT provides a comprehensive and robust evaluation of reasoning abilities, particularly in zero-shot scenarios, focusing on the models' ability to engage in logical reasoning and effective…

Researcher Checklist

  • Gap: Human feedback protocol is explicit

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  • Pass: Evaluation mode is explicit

    Detected: Automatic Metrics

  • Gap: Quality control reporting appears

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  • Gap: Benchmark or dataset anchors are present

    No benchmark/dataset anchor extracted from abstract.

  • Pass: Metric reporting is present

    Detected: precision

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