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Welcome!

Over the past seven years, Mercy Corps’ AgriFin (MCAF) program has supported the design, testing and scaling of high-impact digital solutions for smallholder farmers.

Through purposeful bundling of products and services, AgriFin leverages the power and prevalence of mobile phones to build farmer resilience and boost their harvests and incomes.


Mercy Corps AgriFin Digital Farmer (ADF), supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is building upon the ongoing Mercy Corps' AgriFin programming, working with private sector partners to support the expansion of high-impact, digitally-enabled services to at least 1 million farmers in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania. 

Mercy Corps AgriFin Digital Farmer Highlights:

Digital Precision Agriculture Advisory Services in Kenya

While Precision Ag advisory services can help smallholders achieve up to 66% higher marginal gains and reduce crop loss, most SHFs don't have access to accurate, localised weather forecasts, let alone a comprehensive suite of precision advisory solutions. 

Read the full Case Study here.
Data Strategies for Agricultural Organisations Serving Smallholder Farmers

Over the past two years, AgriFin has supported three organisations - DigiFarm, the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency, and Farm to Market Alliance - to enhance their impact on smallholder farmers in Africa. 

Read the full Case Study here.
Digital Agriculture Services in Ethiopia, an Ecosystem Study

In April 2019, Mercy Corps Agrifin, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and in partnership with the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA),  carried out an 8-Week Ethiopian Ecosystem Study assessing the ecosystem through the 3 pillars of: 1) Enabling environment, 2) Smallholder Farmer (SHF) needs and 3) Solutions-Supply Side Landscape.

Read the report here.
iProcure - reinventing input distribution for rural Africa

Mercy Corps AgriFin (MCAF) has supported iProcure over the last 4 years to optimize its business model, partnerships and customer base. This case study shows the company's growth journey beginning from software-as-a-service, through direct distribution, a branded depot model, and now focusing on a business-to-business approach via networks of partner agro-dealers.
 

Read the full Case Study here.

Digital Field Force for Agriculture

Over the past year, several AgriFin partners have developed digital platforms to encompass complex bundles of services, including financial services, access to inputs, markets, new services and learning.

Read the full Case Study here.
Ethiopia Select Value Chain Assessment

To accompany the ecosystem study, is a Select Value Chain Summary, that focused on selected crops that Mercy Corps AgriFin may focus on in future engagements, driven by the potential for Digital Financial and Information service interventions.

Read the full report here.
AgriFin Digital Farmer is Supported by:
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