A holistic solution to support the growth of smallholder farmer communities
myCoop.online
myCoop is a mobile app designed to help farmers succeed. It provides access to the tools and resources you need to improve farming practices, access finance, and connect with buyers.
myCoop is powered by the hiveonline platform, a digital infrastructure that is transforming the agricultural sector in sub-Saharan Africa. hiveonline connects farmers, cooperatives, buyers, and financial institutions, creating a more efficient and equitable agricultural ecosystem.
How can myCoop help me?
- Access to markets: myCoop helps you find buyers for your crops, get better prices, and access new markets.
- Access to finance: myCoop makes it easier to get loans and other financial services, so you can invest in your farm and grow your business.
- Knowledge and information: myCoop provides you with training, advice, and information on climate-smart agriculture, helping you adapt to the changing climate and improve your yields.
- Improved resilience: By connecting you with other farmers and providing access to financial services, myCoop helps you build resilience to shocks and stresses, such as drought or price fluctuations.
Who is myCoop for?
myCoop is for farming communities that want to grow, whether that’s a farmer association, cooperative or farmer hub.
The app is designed to be easy to use and accessible even if you have limited access to technology. One member of the community, perhaps a cooperative manager or group leader, can use the app to register and support any farmer in the group, even the ones that don’t have phones.
The app has an offline mode for times when connectivity isn’t very good and you still need to record a harvest delivery or add a new member.
The app works on any device with a browser, uses minimal data and supports many different languages.
How does it work?
- A community leader or agent creates profiles for each farmer in the group. They enter their basic personal information, location and phone number, if they have one.
- Data on crop forecasts, crop deliveries and transactions is gathered by the cooperative on myCoop.online
- Smallholder farmers and communities can buy inputs, sell crops and apply for loans directly on the app.
- As commitments are met, a financial history is built for both cooperative and producers for transparency and trust between stakeholders in the value chain.
- With real-time dashboards or full integration financial institutions, buyers and support agencies can assess farmers based on their history of reliable behaviour.
- Unlocking opportunities for growth, farmers can improve their farming practices, increase the quality and quantity of their crops and generate more income. The more they use the platform, the more they can grow.
Delivering digital solutions in Mozambique
hiveonline is partnering with the Mozambican Association for the Promotion of Modern Cooperatives (AMPCM) and Det Kongelige Selskap for Norges Vel for the development of a digital solution for cooperatives, originally for the Cashew Industry but now spanning multiple crops in Mozambique.
The Digital Farmer Platform is a critical part of a broader initiative to professionalise farming and improve smallholder farmers’ yields.
Challenges include, lack of credit history or a financial reputation, to prove they are reliable to lenders, inefficient markets and low productivity due to a lack of access to affordable agricultural inputs.
By recording the transactions of the cooperative members with blockchain, members and associations can prove their reliability and get access to farming inputs that can grow their agricultural output and profit across multiple crop lines.
Vouchers, supply chains and the ecosystem
From the farmers to associations, cooperatives, certifications, processors, exporters and importers- Agricultural supply chains can be complicated. MyCoop.online brings transparency across the agricultural ecosystem, plus blockchain based vouchers for secure distribution of agricultural inputs.
The hiveonline Digital Cooperatives Platform streamlines and simplifies cooperative administration allowing for more efficient coordination both within the cooperative and with external stakeholders including NGOs, financial institutions, certifying bodies, purchasers, and providers of agricultural inputs.
Want to Learn More?
The hiveonline team is here to answer your questions!
Don’t hesitate to reach out to us to learn more about our work with farmer producer organisaitions and how MyCoop can help farming communities worldwide.