Marcel @ FarmSentry

Advances on FarmSentry just got rebuilt. Installment plans for big advances. Partial repayments when a worker pays you back outside payroll. Caps so you never over-deduct from a paycheck. Write-offs with reasons. Full audit trail. Watch the demo. farmsentry.ai

My dad ran sugarcane on this same land for 40 years without writing anything down. It worked because he was here every day. The minute one of us moved to Nairobi, the system broke. We didn't lose the data. We lost the person who held it.

If you own a farm and you don't live on it, the farm has 100 secrets and you have access to about 4 of them. Tracking isn't surveillance. It's the only way to know whether "yes boss, all is well" is actually the truth.

My farm manager said the avocado block was producing well. The numbers said yields were down 18% from last year. Both were true. He was looking at the best tree. The data was looking at every tree. Memory is brave but selective.

@kofi_rawlings Records are the cheapest insurance a farmer can buy. They cost nothing but discipline. They tell you which field is feeding you and which one is quietly eating you. I run multiple crops where the difference only became visible after a full year of recording data..

A 'good harvest' that costs more than it sells for is a disaster in disguise. Know your cost per unit before you celebrate.

Most farmers I know say "we always lose money on coffee in October." Said it myself for years. When I checked our records, the worst month wasn't October at all. It was the month nobody complained about. Feelings make terrible accountants.

Friend texted yesterday: what does a worker on the coffee block cost you per day? 600 shillings plus lunch, sent the screenshot from payroll. Two years ago I'd have said "around 500" and been off by enough to matter at month's end.

Agriculture remains one of Africa’s largest sources of employment. Speaking with @Diop_IFC, Aliko Dangote discusses expanding investment in fertilizer, irrigation supported agriculture, and food systems — with job creation at the center. wrld.bg/kton50Z0rUF

@kigzdeus @MAAIF_Uganda @narouganda @UGCommonwealth @FAOUganda @volcanocoffee1 @mtnharvestug @SeraWildCoffee @GovUganda @ntvuganda What's a realistic scouting threshold for black coffee twig borer before spraying earns its keep?

Insect pests damage more crops in dry periods because heat stressed crops often have elevated levels of nitrogen compounds/ amino acids in the sap, which sucking pests like aphids, thrips, scales leafhoppers, and mites find very highly nutritious. Insects increase metabolism with increased temperatures, increased metabolism requires a lot of food resources/energy. That is why insects damage/eat more crop tissues or sap in dry seasons. As we draw closer to the dry spell, farmers are advised to monitor especially for mites, aphids, thrips, the black coffee twig borer, diamondback moth and scales. Contact Kigz AgroLinks for HELP +256770902310/+256781263659.

@mukunzielyse @SangwaSifa @AgriShoot @Elysee0fficial Exactly. Appropriate technology beats aspirational technology every time. A tool a farmer can afford, fix, and use today moves agriculture forward faster than a tractor they will never own. Scale starts small.

The future of agriculture in Africa won’t start with giant machines. It will start with practical tools like this manual maize sheller reaching millions of smallholder farmers.

Good list. But 7 and 16 need a second look. Avoiding agro-input dealers is right, but blanket distrust of extension officers throws out real expertise. And old varieties are reliable, yes, but modern improved varieties exist precisely because old ones had gaps. Context matters more than rules.

17 AGRICULTURAL LAWS TO KNOW 1. Never target high seasons; high seasons come with their own challenges. Be a farmer, not a gambler. 2. Choose at least two main crops and a crop rotation plan. Switching from one crop to another is not directly in your pocket. 3. Plan your farm and always have crops at different stages of age to ensure a constant supply. 4. No crop is profitable in itself; just master the advantages and disadvantages of a particular crop. 5. Having a lot is not a guarantee for successful farming. 6. Have a spraying and fertilizing plan and stick to it. 7. Never follow the advice of agro-veterinarians and agrochemical sales agents. Most of them are salespeople, not agronomists. 8. Try as much as possible to reduce agricultural expenses without compromising the quality of products. 9. Never hold onto a product if it is perishable. Sell it at prevailing prices. 10. Never plant a new seed on a large scale before testing it, unless you have seen it somewhere. 11. Never entrust your million-dollar idea to a farm worker; make sure you are present during critical stages of crop development until commercialization. 12. Never employ a close family member to manage your farm; most of them will let you down. 13. If you are neighboring farmers, plant the same crop. 14. Never apply agricultural information you get online without consulting your agronomist. 15. Always have a farm plan. 16. Old is always good. Most old seed varieties and chemicals will never disappoint you. 17. Passion in agriculture

@kslopez77 @IITA_CGIAR @CGIAR @RadioIITA @iitatv @farmradio @FarmRadioFM @simeonehui @Leena_Tripathi @kalromkulima Growing Cavendish myself, BXW is not a distant threat. It is a question of when, not if. Gene editing that stays within the crop's own genome and clears biosafety review is exactly the kind of innovation farmers need backed, not blocked.

Kenya clears way for field trials of gene-edited bananas developed by @IITA_CGIAR to combat BXW. Kenya's National Biosafety Authority confirmed that these lines are not GMOs and contain no foreign DNA! blogs.iita.org/kenya-clears-p… #GeneEditing #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #IITA

Exactly this. A Kenyan farmer earns cents per kg of coffee cherry. That same coffee, roasted and branded abroad, retails at many times more. Most of our coffee leaves as the red cherry. Until value addition happens at origin, we are just subsidizing someone else's economy with our soil and labor.

Exporting raw coffee and cocoa while importing finished products keeps farmers trapped in modern economic slavery.

@CleotildaJ @alangatkipkorir @andrewk3360 @cherryhenry34 @collinskimanth2 @EngFelix_035 @Antohny_gb What is your plan for selling? Direct to co-op?

We done planting one of our Client's Coffee Farm. Variety of choice is Grafted Ruiru 11 A win so far, but attention to details with respect to our agronomy subsequently. We had to do some bit of irrigation. Ni Mbayaa!!

"Protect forests = protect livelihoods" reverses the causation. In Muhoroni and other such areas in Kenya, farmers don't clear trees because they hate forests. They clear them because coffee and maize don't pay enough. Fix farm income, forest cover follows. What's your lever on smallholder profitability?

Forests are the invisible water behind every harvest. By regulating rainfall and soil moisture—“green water”—they support nearly 75% of global food production and millions of rural jobs. Protecting forests means protecting livelihoods. Here's why: wrld.bg/JEAy50YWUBJ

@ByarugabaRemi Coffee Red Blister hits stressed trees first. What helps on our farm: balanced nutrition, heavy mulching, pruning for airflow. Scout older leaves 2 weeks after long rains start. Miss that window and you chase it for months. What has worked for you?

Coffee Red Blister disease is a silent threat to coffee farms, attacking leaves and coffee berries and reducing both yield and bean quality if not controlled early. Healthy coffee starts with regular farm monitoring, proper spacing, pruning, and good field hygiene. Protect the crop, protect the farmer’s future. #CoffeeFarming #UgandaCoffee #SustainableAgriculture #CoffeeDiseases #FarmersVoice

@FarmersGuardian What rarely gets discussed: UK policy on glyphosate does not stay in the UK. Export standards follow. African farmers shipping coffee, tea and avocados into UK shelves end up bound by the same rules, with fewer alternatives and thinner margins. Downstream costs apply here

🚜 “If pre-harvest glyphosate is removed, the whole system starts to break down.” Farmers are warning tighter glyphosate restrictions could increase costs, raise food prices and make some crops harder to grow in the UK. The debate comes ahead of a key 2026 decision on glyphosate approval. READ MORE: ow.ly/YH1a50YWB5S

@Avocadosocietyu Mindset gets the dream started. On our Muhoroni farm what actually unlocked things was tracking profit per crop per acre. I was making blind decisions for years before I built FarmSentry to fix that. Records turn agriculture into a business.

Converting what people perceive as waste to an opportunity is a millionaire mindset. There is money in agriculture. We only need proper mindset and good governance.

@EricRukebesha Every farmer reading this knows exactly what you mean. The heavy rains, the long dry spells, the uncertainty. But also the quiet satisfaction of watching what you planted actually grow. That feeling never gets old.

Being a farmer means making peace with nature, understanding the seasons, and patiently waiting for the right time. Not every day is easy; sometimes the rain is too heavy, sometimes the dry season is too long. But that's where a farmer's strength lies: to stand still, to keep trying, and to keep believing that every seed planted with good intentions will grow into an abundant blessing.

@DaganNamulinde This. So many farmers chase yield without fixing the foundation. Better soil biology = better output, every time. What's your go-to soil amendment this season?

Yields are always an out put of effort!! Let's feed our soils for better results.