Essymart Africa is an agricultural technology enterprise that is focused on providing smallholder farmers with access to quality farm inputs at competitive prices such as stress tolerant seeds, organic fertilizers and pesticides, input financing to ease farmers cash flow, training in regenerative farming techniques, Technology-based services and communication, post-harvest services to reduce spoilage, access to premium markets for better crop income. By using Web Application, common SMS technologies and telephone calls, Essymart started to show positive results, improving access to information, increasing productivity and farm incomes, and helping to reduce poverty among small-scale farmers in Eastern Uganda.
Essymart leverage USSD technology to deliver information to farmers via their cell phones. Farmers can dial a USSD code on their cell phone to access farm inputs, information on the weather, local market prices, farming practices, water management techniques and agricultural subsidy programs. In addition, it also provides personalized advice to farmers based on their location and type of farm. Farmers can also ask questions and receive answers from agricultural experts via the service.
We are disrupting Africa’s agricultural sector using the Fourth generation revolution technologies such as AI to end hunger and poverty among marginalized smallholder farming communities in the African rural areas. We endeavor to help farmers become more productive and efficient by analyzing large amounts of data about weather patterns, soil conditions, pest and disease detection, fertilizer application, crop yields, fertilizer use, and other factors.