Ghanaian startup helping farmers to improve production

Accra

AGYEI Douglas is a farmer who grows vegetables near Kumasi in Ghana's central Ashanti region. He used to struggle to access markets and capital.

The information he needed was broadcast on the radio but often it wasn't specific enough to improve his yield of lettuce, spring onions, cabbage and chilli pepper.

Two years ago, the 43-year-old began using Farmerline, which delivers weather updates, the latest market prices and other details to his second generation mobile phone.

"It has helped us improve on our production through the information we get from them, it has made things easier for us as compared to our previous system," he said.

The Ghanaian tech company behind Farmerline is one of a number of startups in the West African country working to bol…