BY SAMUEL NABWIISO
The Agricultural sector is considered the Economic back
bone of Uganda, contributing
about 25% of the Country's Gross Domestic Product and 70% employment of the
Country's population.
The major players in the sector according
to Information from Bank of Uganda are the smallholder farmers with women
taking majority share, whilst the youth participate the least despite them
contributing the largest percentage to the country’s population.
The justification for their negative
attitudes towards the Agriculture Sector has been attributed to the many
challenges being faced in the sector such as access to credits from financial
Institutions, fake Agro-inputs on the market, inadequate access to Agricultural
Extension services, alongside limited market access for their produce both Locally,
Regionally and Internationally among others.
Resultantly, this has compelled the Private
sector to wake up and come up with cheap and yet convenient solutions to help
avert the above challenges and make agriculture lucrative through digitization.
Uganda’s mobile phone penetration has seen
a steep growth year on year currently sitting at 6.6 million users and
projected to more than double in the next decade.
Information and Technology companies such
as EZYAGRIChavedeveloped an IT Farmers App that can support
farmers to overcome such challenges and those who have used the application can
attest to how it has been a major game changer.
Mr.Kalanzi Patrick from Zirobwe, Luwero
District
in Ugandasays “The App has helped him gain
access to genuine and high-quality inputs delivered in a timely manner at a
click of a button, an element that has since increased his yield.
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| Kalanzi Patrick from Zirobwe who has tested the App saay the technology has heleped hi to access Agri -inputs |
The EzyAgric Appis an end-to-end
farming solution that supports farmers to improve their livelihoods through
simplified farmer planning, supporting farmers to access to genuine Agro
-inputs, e-extension services, alongside other benefits such as farmer linkage
to market of their produce and also access to credits from financial
institutions such as banks and micro finance.
According to Matilda Babuleka the Chief
Product Marketing Officer at EzyAgric the App was
developed to make Agricultural sector more lucrative to all Ugandans because it
creates a conducive Environment to all players in the Sector which enhances
productivity and revenue earnings to all players from the farmers to the
Agro-Business communities.
How
to get the App?
The applicationis available on the Google play store where it can
be downloaded for those farmers with smart phone's, the App takes a Small space
of about 25Mb.
To ensure that no farmer is left out, EZYAGRIC
is also working with the community Agents who have been trained to use the App
and support them onboard.
How
to use the EzyAgric App?
1. Download the EzyAgricApp from
Google play
store and install on your phone.
Register for
an account using your mobile phone number which will be validated and confirmed.
3. Browse the list of
the services of your choice for example Agro-inputs like seeds, fertilizers and
farming tools or Agriculture credit in the App.
4. Once the preferred
service has been made,the user proceeds to check out and payment is initiated.
5.
6. Post order confirmation,
user proceeds to effect the payment which is also digital, through mobile money.
With such new innovations Information and
Communication technology can make farming very cheap, more productive hence
improving the livelihoods of Sector players in Agriculture.
Download Now from
google play store
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