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myAgro

FB-Agriculture, Food & Beverage

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myAgro is a non-profit social enterprise based in West Africa pioneering a mobile layaway savings model that enables farmers to invest their own funds in high-quality seeds, fertilisers, tools and training. Farmers pay in advance for inputs and training by buying a myAgro card at their local village store, depositing their money into a layaway account by texting in the scratch-off code. myAgro delivers in time for planting period. It is delivering 50-100% increases in yields and 50% increases in incomes for smallholder farmers. It is on track to work with 60,000 farmers, helping move 600,000 people out of poverty.

myAgro contributors

Anushka Ratnayake
Anushka Ratnayake
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Dakar, Senegal