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FarmRise is a digital platform where farmers engage with agricultural advisors, agrodealers, and input providers to improve access to agricultural information and services. It helps deliver personalized agronomic advisory, localized weather information, crop health diagnostics, product verification, and digital agricultural information, strengthening farmer decision-making and improving the delivery of agricultural services. By digitizing farmer and farm information, and providing tailored recommendations, the platform enables stakeholders to improve service accessibility, strengthen farmer engagement, and support more efficient and sustainable agricultural service delivery. Currently implemented in Kenya, FarmRise is adapted to local farming systems through relevant advisory content, and integration with the Kenyan agricultural service ecosystem.
This technology is pre-validated.
Open source / open access
Crop health and input management challenges: Limited access to disease diagnosis, treatment recommendations, and product verification increases crop losses and risks associated with unreliable agricultural inputs.
Fragmented agricultural service delivery: Disconnected advisory channels, input providers, and agricultural actors reduce coordination, limit service accessibility, and constrain effective farmer support.
Limited farmer data and digital insights: The lack of structured farmer and farm data restricts personalized recommendations, service planning, monitoring, and data-driven decision-making.
Weak farmer engagement and value chain coordination: Limited information sharing among farmers, advisors, agrodealers, and input providers reduces the efficiency of agricultural service delivery and stakeholder collaboration.
Crop health management: Supports early disease identification, treatment recommendations, and crop monitoring to reduce losses and improve farm performance.
Input verification and product information: Enables farmers to verify agricultural products and access reliable input information to reduce risks associated with counterfeit or unsuitable products.
Farmer engagement and service delivery: Connects farmers with advisors, agrodealers, and input providers to improve access to agricultural services and strengthen stakeholder interactions.
Digital farmer intelligence: Generates digital farmer and farm information to support personalized recommendations, service targeting, monitoring, and data-driven decision-making.
Business and service ecosystem growth: Helps agricultural stakeholders improve outreach, optimize service delivery, and expand access to digital farming solutions in rural communities.
FarmRise is a digital platform that connects farmers with agricultural advisors, agrodealers, input providers, and other agricultural service actors. By digitizing farmer information, delivering personalized advisory, and providing access to weather information, crop diagnostics, and product verification services, the platform helps businesses improve farmer engagement, strengthen customer relationships, expand market reach, and make better data-driven decisions.
Current platform access is primarily designed for farmers in India and requires an Indian phone number (+254). Organizations planning deployment outside Kenya should confirm country-specific registration, localization, and onboarding requirements with Bayer.
To integrate this technology into business operations, organizations should consider the following actions and prerequisites:
Identify target farmer segments, production areas, and value chains where digital advisory, agricultural inputs, and farming solutions can create business opportunities.
Establish partnerships with Bayer and relevant agricultural actors to access the platform and engage with registered farmers through digital services.
Train field teams, advisors, agrodealers, and customer-facing staff on farmer registration, farm data collection, advisory delivery, and platform use.
Register farmers and build digital farmer profiles to improve visibility into customer needs, farming activities, and service opportunities.
Use advisory and digital service features to provide farmers with timely recommendations, weather information, crop health support, and product information.
Leverage farmer data, engagement records, and service interactions to improve customer targeting, product recommendations, and business decision-making.
Expand service delivery through mobile-based digital solutions to reach rural farmers and improve access to agricultural services.
Develop partnerships with agrodealers, extension services, farmer organizations, and other value chain actors to strengthen market reach and service delivery.
Track key indicators such as farmers registered, digital profiles created, advisory services accessed, crop diagnoses performed, products verified, customer engagement, and market expansion.
Establish customer support, training, and engagement mechanisms to encourage continued platform adoption and sustainable business growth.
| Target Groups | Positive Impacts |
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| Women smallholder farmers and women engaged in agricultural production |
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| Smallholder farmers |
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| Smallholder farmers in remote and low connectivity areas |
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| Farmer groups and agricultural producers |
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Climate adaptability: Highly adaptable
FarmRise is designed to work across a wide range of agroecological zones by combining localized weather data, agronomy recommendations, crop diagnostics, and location-based services.
Farmer climate change readiness: Significant improvement
FarmRise helps farmers adapt to climate change by providing localized weather forecasts, rainfall, temperature and humidity updates, expert agronomy advice, region-specific hybrid recommendations, and crop disease diagnostics that enable farmers to make better decisions before, during, and after the season.
Biodiversity: Positive impact on biodiversity
Through localized weather forecasts, agronomy advice, hybrid recommendations, and crop disease diagnostics, FarmRise helps farmers improve crop health, reduce losses from pests and diseases, and optimize the use of agricultural inputs. For livestock-producing households, the weather and advisory information indirectly support animal welfare by helping farmers plan feed production and farm activities around weather conditions. For nature and the broader environment, FarmRise supports climate-resilient farming practices by enabling farmers to respond to changing weather conditions, select suitable crop varieties, and improve resource management.
Environmental health: Greatly improves environmental health
FarmRise improves environmental health by helping farmers make better and informed decisions that can reduce waste, improve resource efficiency, and support more sustainable farming practices.
Soil quality: Not yet estimated
FarmRise indirectly support soil health and fertility by helping farmers make better agronomic decisions through weather updates, crop advisory services, crop diagnostics, and access to agronomy expertise.
Scaling Readiness describes how complete a technology\’s development is and its ability to be scaled. It produces a score that measures a technology\’s readiness along two axes: the level of maturity of the idea itself, and the level to which the technology has been used so far.
Each axis goes from 0 to 9 where 9 is the “ready-to-scale” status. For each technology profile in the e-catalogs we have documented the scaling readiness status from evidence given by the technology providers. The e-catalogs only showcase technologies for which the scaling readiness score is at least 8 for maturity of the idea and 7 for the level of use.
The graph below represents visually the scaling readiness status for this technology, you can see the label of each level by hovering your mouse cursor on the number.
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Uncontrolled environment: validated
Common use by intended users, in the real world
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| Target Groups | Positive Impacts |
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| Women smallholder farmers and women engaged in agricultural production |
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| Smallholder farmers |
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| Smallholder farmers in remote and low connectivity areas |
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| Farmer groups and agricultural producers |
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| Women smallholder farmers and women engaged in agricultural production |
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| Youth and young agricultural entrepreneurs |
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| Smallholder farmers in remote and low connectivity areas |
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| Farmers with limited digital literacy |
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| Target Groups | Barriers to Adoption | Mitigation Measures |
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| Women smallholder farmers and women engaged in agricultural production |
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| Youth and young agricultural entrepreneurs |
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| Country | Testing ongoing | Tested | Adopted |
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| Kenya | –No ongoing testing | –Not tested | Adopted |
This technology can be used in the colored agro-ecological zones. Any zones shown in white are not suitable for this technology.
| AEZ | Subtropic - warm | Subtropic - cool | Tropic - warm | Tropic - cool |
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| Arid | – | – | – | – |
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| Humid | – |
Source: HarvestChoice/IFPRI 2009
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that are applicable to this technology.
FarmRise targets smallholder farmers and aims to improve productivity and profitability through agronomy advice, value-added services, access to financing/marketplace opportunities, and better farming decisions.
FarmRise supports food security by helping farmers improve crop management through weather updates, agronomy advisory, Crop Doctor, product catalogue, hybrid/seed recommendations, and access to genuine inputs.
FarmRise contributes to farmer income opportunities by supporting productivity, profitability, advisor engagement, agrodealer linkages, and potential credit/financial access.
FarmRise is a digital agricultural innovation platform that strengthens farmer decision-making through mobile-based advisory, weather data, product verification, and crop diagnostics.
FarmRise supports more responsible input use through agronomy advisory, weather-informed decisions, product information, and product authenticity verification, helping farmers choose and use agricultural inputs more appropriately.
FarmRise supports climate adaptation through weather updates, weather accuracy improvements, agronomy advisory, and crop diagnostics.
FarmRise indirectly supports land and ecosystem health by enabling better crop management, input efficiency, product authenticity, and climate-smart decisions.
FarmRise’s growth strategy includes strategic partnerships with telcos, cooperatives, NGOs, agrodealers, and agricultural programs.
Step-by-Step:
Step 1 – Download and install the FarmRise application
Download the FarmRise mobile application from the Google Play Store and install it on an Android smartphone to access digital farming services.
Step 2 – Register an account
Create an account using a valid Kenyan mobile phone number (+254) to access FarmRise services. The platform is currently designed for farmers in India and adapted to the local agricultural context.
Step 3 – Add farm information
Enter farm details, including location, crops, and planting information, to enable tailored recommendations and digital services.
Step 4 – Access agricultural advisory services
Farmers receive personalized agronomic recommendations, crop management guidance, and best farming practices through the platform.
Step 5 – Check weather information and alerts
Farmers access localized weather forecasts and alerts to support decisions related to planting, irrigation, spraying, and harvesting.
Step 6 – Diagnose crop health issues
Farmers upload images of affected crops through the Crop Doctor feature to receive AI-based disease identification and treatment recommendations.
Step 7 – Verify agricultural products
Farmers scan QR codes on Bayer products to verify authenticity and reduce risks associated with counterfeit inputs.
Step 8 – Explore agricultural products and solutions
Farmers access Bayer product information, recommended solutions, and crop-specific guidance to support input selection and usage.
Step 9 – Connect with agricultural service providers
Farmers access nearby agrodealers, agricultural advisors, and farmer events to improve access to products, services, and technical support.
Step 10 – Use digital recommendations throughout the farming cycle
Farmers regularly update farm information and apply recommendations from the platform to improve farm management, productivity, and decision-making.
Last updated on Aug 10, 2026
This technology can be used in the colored agro-ecological zones.
FarmRise: Digital Platform for Advisory and Crop Management
https://e-catalogs.taat-africa.org/com/technologies/farmrise-digital-platform-for-advisory-and-crop-management
Last updated on 10 August 2026, printed on Aug 11, 2026
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