18/11/2015
Shamba PRO
Every body makes decisions every moment of our life. These decisions are made on the basis of the information we have. the effects of these decisions are influenced by quality and quantity of the information we use. every thing in the Agricultural value chain about is making the right decisions. farming is about numbers and how you use these numbers to inform decisions you make every day on the farm.the absence of real time live data from within this value chain is what has made farming a risky and most of the times unprofitable business despite its centrality to life(people can not do without food). despite the AgriBiz buzzwords and slogans most financial service providers have on their brochures , agriculture as a sector gets less than 7% of total loans advanced because of its perceived high risk nature due to nonavailability of data and mechanism to mitigate risk.
Shamba-PRO app will allow you to generate these numbers using your mobile phone. i am sure even the most illiterate of our farmers can access a mobile phone. download the app on to the phone and start keying in each and every activity you undertake on each enterprise your undertake on your farm. the app will do the rest. the rest include actionable proposal/ advice for the next day, generating , archiving, analyzing, and processing these numbers into usable reports e.g incidence report, activity tracker, protocol adherence/ deviation report, productivity analysis report, budget tracker, cash flow statements, input/chemical usage report and many other customized outputs. the app is cost friendly ranging from a nominal ksh.1 per day for a basic user to ksh 12000 per month for the virtual farm manager. find the app at safaricom app store with the key word “shamba PRO” or at www.quantumanalytics.net . download it for free.
Non farm users like, consolidators, exporter, processor, marketers can use Shamba-PRO to plan, manage, track, trace and control supply of produce within the value chain
Regulatory agencies , extension service providers, in-puts suppliers can use Shamba-PRO program and organize there service respond to actual demand within the value chain.
financial services providers, banks, cooperatives etc etc will use the data availed to design and tailor products to fit the activity profile of enterprises within the Agro value chain. this will enhance product uptake, allow a friendlier costing regime and enable intervention before default.