Nairobi is very vibrant, with so many tech hubs and people building everywhere.
Here at @Web3Clubs, I witnessed @BasedKago talk about his product @SmartShambani, Africa's First ML search engine for crop and livestock advisory.
@BasedKago shares his vision for this tech!
Watch the full video here: https://t.co/e10pzsW3wc
I shared our journey building @SmartShambani with the cracked builders at @Web3Clubs!
We are working to digitize trust in agriculture to derisk microfinance, and microinsurance.
The @Antugrow journey begins with discovering with precision what can grow where, and for how much.
Find the full video on visitzelos dot com / community. Link below.
Happy new month!
On Day 30, Smart Shamba crossed 1600 unique users across 7+ countries.
We've received lots of farm level feedback, suggestions, and learnings to make Smart Shamba a farmer's companion.
Excited for the upcoming updates lined up ⚡
#SmartShamba
Excited to launch https://t.co/RYdGWhprlS - your personal farm advisor for instant crop and livestock advisory!
Get free, location-specific advice on crops, varieties, planting times, costs, pests & livestock.
No more guessing or wasting money on the wrong crops or livestock bets.
What will you plant today? Visit https://t.co/WEhsZyjQCi to get started!
Seeing is believing.
Do you have funds for farming but not sure what to plant?
Is your family planning on starting their farming journey?
Consult @SmartShambani to know best how to spend your money on your farm. Rented, Leased, or Owned. @SmartShambani works in your city!
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Day 6 of using a miniapp on the @baseapp yaay!
This time I gave @CatTownBase a try!
A p2E game where you build a cat empire and earn some $kibble.
You can join competitions, quests and make collections of adorable cat NPCs and other rare items.
I like how accessible Base App has made onchain games!
Go try out @CatTownBase and build your Cat Empire!
In true farmer fashion, Mr. Kampon gifted me a 2027 calendar on the way out.🤣
Have you visited such a place? Do you think someone starting today can achieve something similar, in today's world? Which tools and tech?
My take is that https://t.co/jY1uQfcSJE is the right tool to get anyone started. Here's my search and results on SmartShamba.
Less than 30 seconds. no cost.
I've spent the last few days touring Thailand's green spaces, farmland, and meeting a bunch of cool people while sharing https://t.co/jY1uQfcSJE.
Over the next couple of days I'll share a few inspiring meetings I've had, and how they've added to our vision for SmartShamba. Enjoy!
First up:
I had the pleasure of visiting Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in Pattaya, and the honor of meeting its owner and president, Kampon Tansacha.
Nong Nooch is the largest botanical garden in Southeast Asia, sitting on 640 acres. Easily one of the most impressive things I've seen in a long time. It took around 30 minutes to find Mr Kampon because he still tends to the gardens himself, embedded in his team.
When a farmer asks "what is this land truly capable of?", I'd like to offer them https://t.co/jY1uQfcSJE as the bridge between that question and a vision like Nong Nooch.
IMO, SmartShamba is the right entry point. Free to use. Enter your location, farm size and crop interest, and get crop-to-climate-to-soil suitability back.
The Tansacha family had decades to discover what their land could become. We want that clarity available on day one.
https://t.co/jY1uQfcSJE
Mr. Kampon's mother bought the land in 1954 with plans to grow mangoes, coconuts and oranges. After travelling abroad and seeing what others were doing with the full potential of their land, she changed course entirely.
72 years later, Nong Nooch spans 640 acres of rolling hills and valleys. It holds over 1,500 palm species, a world-class cycad gene bank that conservation agencies rely on for preserving one of the planet's most endangered plant groups, an extraordinary bromeliad collection, orchids, bonsai, and themed gardens inspired by Versailles that draw researchers, tourists and botanists from across the world.
There is a dedicated research center, a resort, and millions of visitors walking through every year, contributing actively to the preservation of plant species that exist almost nowhere else on earth.
All grown from land that was supposed to be an orange farm.