Digifarm Kenya Ltd is a subsidiary of Safaricom, the main project objective is to transform the lives of smallholder famers to be able to do agribusiness “kilimo biashara” through DVA strategy across 7 counties.

Achievements

We have partnered with Digifarm since 2019 and have executed a hybrid of successful initiatives roll out of the DVA strategy for extension.

• Geomapped 50,149 farmers in 7 counties
• Facilitated trade of 1,829,290 Kilograms of assorted commodities valued at Ksh 63,051,748 in year one
• Established partnerships with private sector buyers, informal markets, insurance companies, input companies and local farmer organizations
• Established partnerships with private sector buyers, informal markets, insurance companies, input companies and local farmer organizations

Digifarm Operation model

• AIS Staff – work to support the field operations across counties.
• Coordinators – They provide a supervisory role for each county and work with Village advisors
• Village Based Advisors – Their main functions is the mobilization of farmers, geotagging, inputs distribution, aggregation support and payment facilitation
• Master Agents – they provide support in input distribution and insurance for crop and safe chemical use for the various farmer organizations.