Growing Together with myAgro: Empowering Farmers through Access to Quality Inputs
One of the challenges rural farmers face is finding high-quality inputs for their fields. Some must travel to surrounding villages to pick up their seeds and fertilizers. myAgro’s model allows farmers to pick up high-quality seeds and fertilizer from within several kilometers of their village to save them time and resources. This was the case for Mame Diarra Diouf, a 35-year-old mother of 5. Before partnering with myAgro, “I had to go to [another village] which is a bit distant from me,” Mame shares. Mame is a farmer entering her first growing season with myAgro.
myAgro also offers seed and fertilizer packages of various sizes and combinations so that smallholder farmers can use high-quality inputs at a scale that works for them. Many Farmers face reduced yields and increased food insecurity without access to quality inputs at a scale that is right for them. Over the years, Mame had “enlarged [her] agricultural area [yet] the yields were decreasing day by day,” she shares. With myAgro, Mamae can now choose the right package for her.
Although at the beginning of her work with myAgro, Mame says that her “excellent experience at myAgro” encourages her for what’s to come. That’s why she would suggest myAgro to other farmers, “start the program,” and grow more with myAgro.