Safaricom’s DigiFarm Kenya Limited together with the National Cereals (NCPB) and Produce Board signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to show that they are willing to enable small-scale farmers to access information through the Telco’s platform.

Under the deal, NCPB shall offer post-harvest management services to farmers present on the platform, while DigiFarm will connect the food agency to small-scale growers, who will in turn, access board services at prevailing rates.

“This MoU is aligned to the agriculture hub model that NCPB is required to establish under the reforms. The hub shall provide a one-stop shop for farmers to obtain farm inputs, farm machinery services, information on crop and animal husbandry, and quality management services among other services,” Joseph Kimote NCPB managing director said.

The cereals body shall offer post-harvest management services to farmers present on the platform, while DigiFarm will connect NCPB to small-scale farmers, who will, in turn, access NCPB services at prevailing rates.

The areas of cooperation in the provision of services included product aggregation and warehousing, quality management.

Via an integrated mobile platform, the CEO of Safaricom, Peter Ndegwa added that this partnership with NCPB will provide farmers with post-harvest management services with also access to markets that will enable them to sell quality products at competitive prices.

The signing of this deal is expected to better incomes, which will support the country in achieving the goals of the Food and Nutrition Security Pillar of the Big Four Agenda.