Mfarm App
This is a Kenyan agribusiness
software solution that seeks to provide and deliver necessary information for
Kenyan farmers, thereby helping farmers and agropreneurs to improve their
productivity and increase their bottom line.
Mfarm is an Android App with daily crop
prices from Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Kitale and Eldoret.
MkulimaLEO
mkulimaLEO is an app developed by
Kosmerc Solutions to help Small and Middle Scale Farmers (S&MSF) obtain
information that will help them produce more yield.
It does so by aggregating
information from various sources, including KARI, Kenya Seed Company, ICIPE,
Infonet Biovision, Universities (JKUAT, UON and Egerton) thereby curbing the
ever widening information gap between the S&MSF and the LSF.
Research shows that LSF produce more
per unit area of crops than the S&MSF. This is mainly due to the fact that
the Large scale farmers consume information from various sources and employ
skilled persons to run their farms. LSF attend and participate agricultural
shows and exhibitions, visit other countries to obtain agricultural
information, subscribe to agricultural literature (magazines and buletines)
have access to research data from agricultural institutions and more so employ
professionals to run their farms.
Small and Medium Scale Farmers on
the other hand employ unskilled labour, manage their own farms with their
limited knowledge, dont attend or participate in agricultural exhibitions and
shows due to the prohibitive costs. S&MSF usually practice subsistence
agriculture
iCow
Kenya is a huge exporter of fresh
milk and milk byproducts. This is mainly due to the emphasis of quality
in the value chain that leaves us with a superior product. To maintain this
kind of standards, the dairy farmers need to access information on their finger
tips and that’s where iCow
comes in.
This is another SMS app focused on
giving the dairy farmer unbiased information concerning the cows’ gestation
period, vet info, record keeping and the world’s first cow calender.
m-Kilimo
Yet another mobile phone innovation
targeting the small scale farmer with information, advice and support.
Personally I use m-Kilimo and they have helped me with invaluable information
when I need it.
You just call them with your query
and if the receipient is not qualified in that field , he/she liases with
another researcher/agronomist who is capable of handling your matter. It’s just
amazing and it’s free.
Sokonect Lite
Sokonect Lite is an agribusiness
tool suitably designed for stakeholders in the horticultural sector in Kenya,
with a goal of improving production, marketing and consumption of fresh produce
especially vegetables. The application acts as a link between exporting
companies, small-holder farmers and consumers.
It allows a farmer to view the
prices offered by the buying companies. A farmer can also post tenders of what
he or she offers for sale making requisition for packaging materials efficient,
effectively avoiding post–harvest losses. Farmers can get a sales records of
transactions made with export companies at a particular day, month or even a
period they wish.
A farmer can also advertise what
they want to sell locally through the local markets feature. Prospective buyers
view the adverts as per their location and can share the advert with others.
Once you have acquired the application, you will be taken through a simple
process of setting the preferred user-type. The currently available options are
Consumer, Farmer and Exporter.
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