EzyAgric app for input quality tracing for Ugandan smallholder farmers
The EzyAgric app provides smallholder farmers with an integrated service platform to support farm management and good agricultural practices, and access to agri-inputs and credit in Uganda. The EzyAgric is an App accessible on the Google Play Store, bundling various digital services targeting farme...
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2024
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| author | Ajambo, Susan Ochieng, S. Kikulwe, Enoch Abucheli, Eliud |
| author_browse | Abucheli, Eliud Ajambo, Susan Kikulwe, Enoch Ochieng, S. |
| author_facet | Ajambo, Susan Ochieng, S. Kikulwe, Enoch Abucheli, Eliud |
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| description | The EzyAgric app provides smallholder farmers with an integrated service platform to support farm management and good agricultural practices, and access to agri-inputs and credit in Uganda.
The EzyAgric is an App accessible on the Google Play Store, bundling various digital services targeting farmers and agri-input merchants. The services include Farm Manager for undertaking a Cost Benefit Analysis, and proper record management is accessed; Agri-shop, where a platform to digitally purchase genuinely affordable price agri-inputs from certified bulk agro-input manufacturers while providing an end-to-end feedback loop and a traceability trail; EzyCredits where farmers receive credits calculated based on the records generated from Farm Manager and Agrishop transactions as collateral, redeemable for purchase exclusively via the Agri-shop; Farm Manager provides on-demand information and training tailored to specific agronomic needs. The Produce Market links farmers to aggregation centers established around off-takers and payments made directly to the farmer’s phone. A toll-free call and SMS platform is provided where non-smartphone farmers can access the services. The working model integrates women and youth with smartphones as community agents/service providers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1596922025-11-05T12:33:29Z EzyAgric app for input quality tracing for Ugandan smallholder farmers Ajambo, Susan Ochieng, S. Kikulwe, Enoch Abucheli, Eliud agriculture farmers smallholders The EzyAgric app provides smallholder farmers with an integrated service platform to support farm management and good agricultural practices, and access to agri-inputs and credit in Uganda. The EzyAgric is an App accessible on the Google Play Store, bundling various digital services targeting farmers and agri-input merchants. The services include Farm Manager for undertaking a Cost Benefit Analysis, and proper record management is accessed; Agri-shop, where a platform to digitally purchase genuinely affordable price agri-inputs from certified bulk agro-input manufacturers while providing an end-to-end feedback loop and a traceability trail; EzyCredits where farmers receive credits calculated based on the records generated from Farm Manager and Agrishop transactions as collateral, redeemable for purchase exclusively via the Agri-shop; Farm Manager provides on-demand information and training tailored to specific agronomic needs. The Produce Market links farmers to aggregation centers established around off-takers and payments made directly to the farmer’s phone. A toll-free call and SMS platform is provided where non-smartphone farmers can access the services. The working model integrates women and youth with smartphones as community agents/service providers. 2024-09-01 2024-11-13T21:25:05Z 2024-11-13T21:25:05Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159692 en https://ezyagric.com/ Open Access application/pdf CGIAR System Organization Ajambo, S., Ochieng, S., Kikulwe, E., Abucheli, E. 2024. EzyAgric app for input quality tracing for Ugandan smallholder farmers: IPSR Innovation Profile. First edition, September 2024. Brief. Montpellier: CGIAR System Organization. |
| spellingShingle | agriculture farmers smallholders Ajambo, Susan Ochieng, S. Kikulwe, Enoch Abucheli, Eliud EzyAgric app for input quality tracing for Ugandan smallholder farmers |
| title | EzyAgric app for input quality tracing for Ugandan smallholder farmers |
| title_full | EzyAgric app for input quality tracing for Ugandan smallholder farmers |
| title_fullStr | EzyAgric app for input quality tracing for Ugandan smallholder farmers |
| title_full_unstemmed | EzyAgric app for input quality tracing for Ugandan smallholder farmers |
| title_short | EzyAgric app for input quality tracing for Ugandan smallholder farmers |
| title_sort | ezyagric app for input quality tracing for ugandan smallholder farmers |
| topic | agriculture farmers smallholders |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159692 |
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