Farmcrowdy introduces digital app for farmers

Farmcrowdy, an agricultural technological firm, has launched a digital application known as farmcrowdy for farmers in a bid to ameliorate the challenge of food shortages and make the business of agriculture attractive and beneficial to farmers.


Onyeka Akumah, Chief Executive Officer of Farmcrowdy

Onyeka Akumah, Chief Executive Officer of Farmcrowdy, explained that the application is Nigeria's first digital platform focused on giving people the opportunity to invest in agriculture by connecting farm sponsors with real farmers, particularly small scale farmers. According to him, Farmcrowdy is currently empowering more than 2,000 farmers in eight states across the country.

Akumah who spoke at Farmcrowdy first year anniversary and the recent launch of the application in IOS, windows and Android platform in Lagos, disclosed that more than 4,000 farmers are also in the process of signing on to the platform while the company is prepared to give interested Nigerians all the necessary assistance to make farming simple and beneficial in order to feed the country.

He said Farmcrowdy engages field specialists and partners to work with the farmers in a bid to ensure that the farmers do what is expected of them to succeed while also arranging a ready market to sell the harvest of the farmers and then pay the sponsor 40 percent profit.

He explained that the farmer gets 40 percent of the profit from the sponsorship in addition to all the money he or she gets from lease, trainings and other activities, adding that on their part, they realise 20 percent profit.

According to him, "This programme will help farmers even without being in the farm by providing them with the latest farming techniques and investing in them in other areas of farming that will better their lots. On the App, we decided to create a digital platform to get many people on the programme to understand agriculture and its benefits.

"When the App is downloaded and registered, it allows you to get firsthand information on farming activities as well as monitoring them. Through it, you share your ideas, techniques and aid you to calculate our inputs and gains as well as get notifications on the latest information.”


Giving a hint on the future direction of the company, he said "Next year, we want to empower 4,000 farmers, in the next two years, we will empower 10,000. Beyond that, we want to empower 50,000 farmers by the year 2020. The Farmcrowdy model is such that Nigerians are sponsoring farmers to produce the country's food for consumption. We will then replicate this model we have done here in other parts of Africa."

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