This archive report was first published on 14 May 2020.
On May 14, 2020, UjuziKilimo announced a partnership with Wadson Ventures to provide technical support to local small-scale farmers as part of a social-economic recovery initiative.
The partnership, valued at Sh18 million, aims to facilitate swifter agricultural production recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and locust invasion.
UjuziKilimo Chief Executive Officer Brian Bosire expressed regret that continued use of non-data driven decisions on food production by economic planning and related stakeholders has the potential to exacerbate the food crisis during the forthcoming post-COVID-19 period.
"At UjuziKilimo, we are delivering a platform that advances data-driven decisions for the world's smallholder farmers by collecting, organizing and making sense of agricultural data," Bosire said.
Through the partnership, UjuziKilimo will provide intelligent agronomy information to eligible smallholder farmers affiliated to selected co-operative societies, national and county government agencies.
Co-operatives interested in receiving free support should sign up by visiting the firm's website.
