10 December 2013

Available Agriculture Apps for android in Kenya


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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