Ghana: AgriTech firms seek increased capital to expand farmer support

Some Agriculture technology firms are soliciting for capital injection to support their innovative solutions to help more farmers across the country.

These innovations are expected to help farmers avoid issues of post-harvest losses, access to ready market, financing, and among others.

At the screening and exhibition event for a documentary on AgriTech in Ghana by the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) Africa and the Mastercard Foundation, the tech entrepreneurs demanded more support for their innovations to increase food production in Ghana.

The documentary highlighted the impact of technology firms on small holder farmers over the years and their overall effect on Agriculture.

At the screening and exhibition event, the tech entrepreneurs said more support is needed.

Some of the firms including Farmline, Kosmos Innovation Centre, Complete Farmer and the Climate Innovation Centre expressed appreciation to the Mastercard Foundation and MEST for their interventions in ensuring that more farmers get access to basic production needs.

“We developed an application to help farmers navigate through the harsh weather conditions to get their yields every year and so far it has been good but a challenge we face as entrepreneurs must be the provision of more capital so we can expand and serve more farmers. We need to have the capacity to reach out to every farmer in the country so the impact of our application will be significant in crop production”, Kizito Wassungu, Business Development  Lead at AgroInnova.

Speaking on behalf of Farmerline, Head of Commercial and Partnership for Anglophone Africa at Farmerline, Princess Anita believes more support will be given to the farmers including farming inputs if cheaper credits are provided.  The event served as both a showcase and a celebration of the advancements in Ghanaian agritech sector.

Source: myjoyonline.com