Farmcrowdy, a Nigerian leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, has celebrated its second anniversary with the launch of Nigeria’s first annual National Digital Agriculture Day.
Registered by the startup with the Ministry of Trademark and Patent, National Digital Agriculture Day has officially been earmarked as a day of recognition of the contributions made to the country’s burgeoning agritech sector.
In a statement, Farmcrowdy said the day will be used as a vehicle to highlight the essential role that agriculture plays in building and maintaining a strong economy, while encouraging other players in the sector and the public to participate in spreading the positive message about agriculture.
Onyeka Akumah, Founder and CEO of Farmcrowdy says, the past two years have been nothing short of a life-changing journey for me and the Farmcrowdy team, and we are expectant for the future as we continue to strive towards scaling our operations and building on our platform. We are immensely proud of the role we have played in the growth of Nigeria’s agritech sector, and are humbled at the support and the opportunities we have received – locally and internationally to showcase our work.
“We are equally pleased to see the recent spring of startups following in Farmcrowdy’s footsteps and are looking forward to utilising the National Digital Agriculture Day in Nigeria as a chance to join hands with other agritech startups on the path of breathing new life into agriculture, by supporting even more smallholder farmers and increasing food production not only in Nigeria, but across Africa.”
The anniversary coincided with the startup winning Best Agritech Solution for 2018 at the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards held in Cape Town, South Africa earlier this week, which attracted entries from 39 countries across the continent.
Since its launch in 2016, Farmcrowdy said it has empowered about 8,000 farmers across 10 states in Nigeria, reared over 1,000,000 broiler birds as part of its poultry farm cycles and recorded over 17,195 farm units, sponsored by more than 2,500 unique farm sponsors from Nigerians in Nigeria, the US, Canada and the UK.
“Farmcrowdy continues to effectively grow a community model that is set to accelerate the empowerment of local farmers and the facilitation of local and Pan-African food production and sustainability,” the startup stated.