This archive report was first published on 15 May 2020.
On May 15, 2020, UjuziKilimo, a Kenyan agricultural technology solutions firm, announced a partnership with Wadson Ventures, an Africa-focused early-stage venture capital house, to provide technical support worth Sh18 million to local small-scale farmers.
The partnership, aimed at supporting farmers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and locust invasion, will see UjuziKilimo channel the support towards COVID-19 and locust invasion related interventions geared at facilitating swifter agricultural production recovery.
According to UjuziKilimo Chief Executive Officer Brian Bosire, the company will provide intelligent agronomy information to eligible smallholder farmers affiliated to selected co-operative societies, national and county government agencies.
"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 free access to digital tools to enable farmer support organizations to sustain smallholder farmer operations while fighting the pandemic and making food production systems resilient during and post the COVID-19.
