The Digital Agricultural Reference Bureau is an ICT powered platform (system) that brings together isolated production activities of smallholder farmers and businesses of agro dealers to a common place where services of larger enterprises such as banks, insurance firms, and the government can be channeled to support the improvement of agricultural production as well as agribusiness.
DARB anchors a series of information mapped together ranging from farmer profiles, agro dealer profiles, value chains, region/point location, production and its extent, market and assorted weather information that have been processed in real time and harmonized to provide reference for the following
- Market reference for agro-inputs and agro-produce i.e. from its aggregate data on input demand and produce supply
- Certification reference for the farmers and agents. This will benefit the farmers and government e.g. the Ministry of Agriculture in long term
- Extension and advisory reference based on data reflecting possible factors contributing to low productivity, Soil map data, weather data from the satellite service providers and crop and livestock health from routine field updates from the Agent network
- Credit reference through its Progress out of poverty (POP) credit assessment system
- Project implementation reference grounded on our dynamic baseline offering from the bureau data and reports
- Insurance reference based on the data and surveillance that not only provides information on the potential risks but also claims assessment for compensation
