Developing an App for Kenya’s Smallholder Tea Farmers
Our innovation manager visits tea farmers in Kenya to develop helpful technology.... Continue Reading
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Our innovation manager visits tea farmers in Kenya to develop helpful technology.... Continue Reading
SAT4Farming, an initiative to reach thousands of small-scale cocoa producers with information and services to improve their productivity and sustainability, was announced today. It is designed to use digital technology and satellite imagery to create individual Farm Development Plans (FDPs) that guide farmers over a seven-year period. The digital FDPs provide a planning and monitoring […]
The Rainforest Alliance Farmer Training App offers an interesting example of using digital technologies to increase farmer knowledge, connect farmers into peer-sharing networks and promote sustainable agricultural practices. In 2014, the Rainforest Alliance piloted a digital platform among 600 smallholders in Guatemala as a proof of concept for using technology to improve communication and information […]
Climate change affecting your crops? There’s an app for that!... Continue Reading