Farmforce enterprise
Papua New Guinea
The mobile interface of Farmforce’s digital tool used by PNG Agriculture Company's (PNGAC) field officers is a purpose-built Android OS app. Field officers equipped with smartphones use Farmforce for digital collection of farm and farmer data, such as farm size and geolocation, soil quality and crop growing activities at different phases of the production process, from planting to harvesting. Application focuses on producers and exporters of cocoa, coffee, soya, palm oil, cattle, wood, and rubber. Data s collected at various intervals every time a field officer interacts with the farmer. The app allows for online and offline data collection, permitting field officers to gather data in areas with poor mobile network coverage. The data is then synced to the office server once the user is within coverage. The PNGAC’s operating model also includes Bluetoothenabled digital scales that field officers use at cocoa procurement points. The scales feed procurement weights to the Farmforce app while a Bluetooth printer is used to issue paper receipts to farmers. Barcode scanning is also available in the mobile app for postharvest traceability
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Rural Services
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Farm management services, Farm advisory services
Digital extension services, GIS/Land mapping services
Delivery type (format)
Mobile app
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Business to consumers
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Agritech company
Name of supplier/developer
FarmForce Pvt. Ltd
Primary Users
Farmers , Extension agents , Value chain actors
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (widespread use nationally)
Number of users or subscribers
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Digital Solution Geographic scope
All over PNG
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes