Driving change and harvesting growth

Resource-poor farmers often face labour constraints that result in under cultivation, late planting and lost income.

I have this challenge

the problem

By facilitating convenient and affordable tractor services we can reduce waste and lost profit. This underutilization of resources impacts entire communities, but with tech help we can improve crop usage and food quality, as well as help poor farmers with income security.

ideas

Mobile Hello Tractor is an award-winning ag-tech company focused on improving food and income security throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Its low-cost 'Smart Tractor' pairs its owner with farmers who are requesting and pre-paying for tractor services via SMS. For 'off-farm' Smart Tractor owners, the platform provides remote tracking of assets, preventing fraud and machine misuse, through virtual Smart Tractor monitoring.

attributions

https://www.socialtech.org.uk/projects/hello-tractor/

Emily Nelson

https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-nelson-bbaba7183/

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