With this in mind, the
Haller Foundation a UK registered charity and Kenyan NGO devised a plan to provide farmers across the continent with the information, skills and infrastructure they need to thrive through an award-winning mobile app called Haller Farmers.
Here are three reasons why African farmers should use the app:
1. Haller Farmers has been designed
by farmers for farmers
Initially launched in 2014 and redeveloped as a native, downloadable app in 2020, Haller Farmers was thoroughly tested across Kenya, in conjunction with Ministry of Agriculture officials and smallholder farmers to ensure it meets the needs of its users.
The app also incorporates bright and bold colours inspired by the rural African landscape, with icons and illustrations celebrating the way of life of Haller’s farming communities.
The Haller Farmers app is taking advantage of Africa’s increasing mobile penetration by equipping the next generation of farmers with knowledge, information and education through technology. The app which was developed for farmers by farmers takes its unique name from UNEP Global 500 Laureate, Dr Rene Haller, who has spent the last 50 […]
In recent years, Africaâs younger generation has begun to associate farming with bare sustenance and discard it as a viable career path. Despite farming being a fundamental part of society, training and education on sustainable agriculture in school curriculums is neglected and underfunded at government level.Â
To unpack this further,
IT News Africaâs Jenna Delport spoke to James Konde, Head of Farmer Training and App Development at the Haller Foundation in Mombasa, Kenya. Hereâs what transpired:
The Haller Foundation is a UK registered charity and Kenyan NGO that was set up to educate rural farmers. How is the foundation tackling the youthâs lack of interest in agriculture?
Across Africa, unsustainable farming practices combined with climate change have exhausted the soil leaving much of the ground unfarmable. In addition to the growing lack of arable land, agricultural knowledge and education have proven to be in short supply.
With this in mind, the Haller Foundation a UK based charity and Kenyan NGO devised a plan to provide farmers across the continent with the information, skills and infrastructure they need to thrive through an award-winning mobile app.
The
Haller Farmers app leverages the increasing availability of mobile connectivity in Africa to promote viable farming techniques needed to maximise food production and help build thriving, self-sustaining communities.
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