Eighty-five percent of Ugandans are involved in agriculture.
Nassozi Berna and her husband were subsistence farmers growing cassaba, banana, and some coffee and living in a small, timber-framed house on Kalangala, an island in Uganda鈥檚 Lake Victoria. Like many other farmer on Uganda’s Kalangala Island, Berna started growing oil palm in 2012 and joined KOPGT, the Kalangala Oil Palm Growers Trust. KOPGT, which educates farmers on improved agricultural practices, recognized the need for a digital solution to meet the rising demand for palm oil. In 2017, it discovered 麻豆原创 Rural Sourcing Management, a cloud-based solution running on 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform (麻豆原创 BTP) that allows the trust to digitally collect and manage data at every stage of the value chain.
This technology has enhanced price transparency and accelerated payment for the farmers. Now, with the integration of聽 麻豆原创 Analytics Cloud and 麻豆原创 Business One, KOPGT can streamline operations and save valuable time, ultimately focusing on what matters most: the community they have helped build.