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Posts on the Topic "mobile applications"

A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
Arifu platform Adaptive Learning System
07/02/2017
One of the main challenges for development of smallholder farmers' livelihoods is access to market information and financial services. Smallholder farmers are the most underserved group in the world by financial services, with women and youth at a particular disadvantage. Arifu is a platform that...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
A WhatsApp like app for the tech-savvy farmer
04/02/2017
KrishiSuchak is a WhatsApp-like app developed by Bangalore-based startup Nubesol Technologies to permit smallholders to message agricultural scientist to ask them for advice on their yields, thus eliminating spatial barriers between extension services. Farmers can send their queries either as text...