Food - Agriculture

Accesible climate smart agriculture solutions

This project is leaded by Lentera LTD and aims to enable farmers to adapt climate change and to increase their yields.

An initiative of Lentera LTD

Overview of the project

As an agriculture technology company, Lentera’s project is focusing on finding customized solutions to adapt to climate change and to increase their productivity by integrating data and analytics with practical crop science. It believes that innovation in farming has a key role to play in ensuring food security and prosperity. Its portfolio not only ensures well-nourished plants, but also timely farm decisions through its farm sensor, satellite enabled farm imaging services and customised inputs.
Objective

To enable farmers to adapt climate change and to increase their yields.

Level of progress

Pilote operation, experimentation

Project timeline

1/1/2019

Quantitative results
- 3500 farmers supported with advice and solutions for climate adaptation. - Average increase in yield of 40%
Qualitative results
Increase of awareness about the need for precision agriculture.
Financing

Self financed

About the
organisation

Lentera LTD

website
Moses Kimani
Founder and CEO
mkimani@lenterafrica.com
Lentera is a Kenyan based agriculture technology company enabling farmers – both large scale and small holders – to adapt climate change and to increase their yield through precision agriculture, smart inputs and conservation agriculture.