Nigeria’s first digital agriculture platform, Farmcrowdy, launched its Agritech mobile app on the Play store, app store and Windows sometimes last year (November 14th, 2017 ).
Related Article:#FarmInMyPocket: FarmCrowdy Launches Mobile App for Agritech at 1st Anniversary
Throwback to last Tuesday at our one-year anniversary celebration and mobile app launch.
Do you have a farm in your pocket yet? If not, get the #FarmcrowdyApp right here 👉 https://t.co/T3rgphqiWK#TBT #Throwback #Thursday #Farmcrowdy #DigitalAgriculture #Nigeria #Agriculture pic.twitter.com/sl6nMxY7Aw— Farmcrowdy (@farmcrowdy) November 23, 2017
Developed to connect agricultural investors with farmers in other to increase food production in the country, the Farmcrowdy app is one of those focused apps with segmented relevance.
The version 1.0.8 Farmcrowdy mobile app was last updated on May 2018 and it has received a good number of positive reviews from users on the Google play store and apple app store. It has over 50,000 thousand downloads already and requires Android 4.0.3 and above to install.
Yet, this review is a fall-out of the experience of the possibility of the app being used as a basic investment tool.
Features of the Farmcrowdy Mobile App
The Farm in my Pocket app has an excellent ease of use gives you an option to sign in with your Facebook account or input your details to register and redirects to either sponsor or follow a farm and get latest updates on your mobile phone.
Sponsor
The mobile App lets you identify a farm of your choice and sponsor as many units as you can afford by paying the required amount in the app using the Paystack payment gateway.
Follow
The Follow Farm option allows you follow a farm that interests you for updates and possible investment interest.
Learn
The app also allows you Acquire requisite knowledge through updates, blog posts and other content in the agriculture space.
Farm Updates
This feature gives you real-time Farm updates as written reports, pictures and videos showing the progress being made at different stages of the farm cycle as soon as they drop.
Browse Farms
You can browse through a range of crop and poultry farms in the Farm shop and get to see the farm cycle duration, sponsorship costs and calculate potential yield.
Account Officer
You are assigned to an officer to help you manage your account.
Invite Friends
You can invite friends from Facebook/Twitter or any other social media platform using the invite friend feature on the app.
.@farmcrowdy has just launched a mobile app!
In September, I wrote about how they and other agro-tech startups are using technology to help more middle-class Nigerians get into farming. https://t.co/fXoNyDbOgf via @qzafrica
— Yomi Kazeem (@TheYomiKazeem) November 14, 2017
Downsides
On the flipside, users are complaining of the lack of an exit button on the app. For some others, this might not be a major issue because exit buttons are not a common feature with Apps.
I will, however, advise that this feature be added, for a more convenient user interface. other than thas addition, the app is a masterpiece with an excellent user interface, ease of use and easy navigation. It is the type you will love to carry around.
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