Farmshine operates a mobile-first agriculture operating system and marketplace that connects farmers, buyers and service providers, enabling aggregation, contract agreement, production management, crop aggregation, delivery and payment through its app. The platform pairs this digital product with technical field agents who provide on-the-ground advice and support throughout the growing season, and promotes climate-smart agriculture techniques. Farmshine records farmer activity and trade history (quantity, quality, timeliness, loan repayments, trainings), and women make up about 70% of its farmer users. The startup says the system can be used by NGOs, the UN and commercial organisations to register, train and manage smallholder farmers, monitor crop growth, provide early pest/disease warnings, and supply traceable products to supermarkets. Farmshine is rolling out its operating system to non-profit partners, expanding into higher-value commodities, and plans to expand to Uganda and Ethiopia next year, with a mid-2020 partnership expected in Malawi. The company was founded in 2017 by Luca Alinovi and is using recent funding to hire and train personnel, including field agents, and further develop the platform.

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Latest activity

Dec 2019