Smallholder farmers feed much of Africa, yet many still lack timely advice, fair prices, affordable inputs and access to credit. Digital tools can close those gaps, but only when they fit farmers' phones, literacy, trust and incomes. Over five days, experienced practitioners learn how to choose and run agritech solutions that farmers actually keep using. The programme covers farmer registration and digital profiling, USSD, SMS, voice and app-based advisory, e-extension, market information, digital input and output marketplaces, mobile money payments and credit scoring using farm data.
You also explore weather and satellite insights, precision advice, drones, sensors and traceability tools, together with the business models, data protection and partnerships that keep services alive after a pilot ends. Sessions include user research with farmers, product pilots and measuring adoption. The programme is designed for agribusiness managers, cooperative leaders, extension officers, programme managers, agritech founders, financial institution agriculture teams and donor staff. It runs in classroom, online and in-house formats, with a CPD-accredited certificate at the end. Afterwards you can specify a digital service, plan a pilot and define the measures that prove it works.
Mobile phones, cheaper data and mobile money have created real opportunities to reach millions of small-scale farmers who were previously beyond the reach of conventional extension and finance. Hundreds of agritech services have launched, but many fail after a donor-funded pilot because they were designed around technology rather than around farmers' routines, constraints and willingness to pay.
The Professional Digital Agritech for Smallholders Training Course gives practitioners a disciplined approach to selecting and delivering digital solutions. Participants analyse the smallholder context, segment farmers by needs and connectivity, and match tools to the problem, whether that is advice, market linkage, payments, input supply, insurance or credit. They examine how successful platforms build trust through agents and cooperatives, handle data responsibly, and generate revenue from more than one source.
Training is workshop driven. Delegates test demonstrations of common platforms, sketch a user journey for a farmer with a basic phone, design a pilot with indicators for adoption and impact, and evaluate vendors against a scoring grid. They finish with a deployment plan covering partnerships, farmer onboarding, support, data governance and a route to financial sustainability.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Participants leave the course with:
Sessions are field oriented and centre on how real farmers use technology. Learning methods include:
Day 1: The Smallholder Digital Context
Day 2: Advisory, Extension and Market Information
Day 3: Registries, Payments and Financial Services
Day 4: Data, Remote Sensing and Precision Tools
Day 5: Piloting, Business Models and Scale
The programme is suited to professionals building or supporting digital services for farmers, including:
Participants who attend the sessions and submit a completed deployment plan are issued a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
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By the end of the Professional Digital Agritech for Smallholders programme, you'll be able to analyse smallholder needs, connectivity and digital readiness to define the right problem, compare mobile advisory, e-extension and market information channels for different farmer groups, design farmer registries and profiles that support services while protecting personal data, and link digital payments, input credit and insurance to farm records. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The programme is suited to professionals building or supporting digital services for farmers, including: Agribusiness and out-grower scheme managers, Cooperative and farmer organisation leaders, Government and county extension officers, Agritech founders and product managers, Agricultural lending and insurance product teams in banks and SACCOs, Mobile network and mobile money partnership managers, NGO and donor programme officers in food security and livelihoods, and Monitoring and learning specialists on agricultural projects.
Professional Digital Agritech for Smallholders Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Professional Digital Agritech for Smallholders Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Professional Digital Agritech for Smallholders starts October 12, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Professional Digital Agritech for Smallholders Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Professional Digital Agritech for Smallholders Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Professional Digital Agritech for Smallholders Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Professional Digital Agritech for Smallholders Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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