FarmerLink Initiative

FarmerLink Initiative is a multi-stakeholder program led by Grameen Foundation, in collaboration with the Philippine Coconut Authority, Franklin Baker, and People’s Bank of Caraga. The Initiative main objective is to provide farm advisory services to imrpove farming productivity, reduce crop losses to pests, diseases and weather disasters. The initiative also facilitate market linkages and access to markets and also promote access to adapted financial products and services. The program uses a suite of digital interventions directed and leveraged existing field officer networks in deploying the mobile tools and offering one-to-one extension services to farmers. An early warning system was developed and deployed to directly send weather, pest, and diseases advisories to farmers’ mobile phones, along with practical advice to minimize losses

Lead (category)

Multi-partners

Name of initiative lead (and partners)

Grameen Foundation

Categories of Digital initiative deliverables

Specific ICT technology product and/or service delivery

ICT products/solutions and services by category

Digital Agriculture

Digital Rural Services

Digital Agrifood Services

Non ICT products and services (deliverables)

Business and governance structure

DI ICT-deliverables format

Mobile applications

Web-based platform

Primary stakeholders (beneficiaries, actors, enablers)

Farmers

Size, scale or scope of primary stakeholders

Digital Initiative development Stage

Fully operational - Growing and expanding stage

Measurable impacts on primary stakeholders and target beneficiaries

Initiative geographic scope (or coverage) (national, regional, sector specific, specific user co-horts etc)

National

All over Philippines

On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)

Main DI webpage

Other useful link

Other useful link

Link to Digital village

Link to Digital solution