Industry
Agriculture and Agribusiness
Increase yield, reduce loss and prove quality from farm to market.
Sector overview
Agriculture remains the largest employer across much of Africa, yet it operates with some of the weakest visibility — on inputs, yields, costs and quality — of any sector. From smallholder aggregators to commercial farms and processors, agribusinesses lose margin to input waste, post-harvest loss and weak traceability, while buyers and financiers increasingly demand proof of origin and quality.
Transformation in agriculture brings farm-level visibility and end-to-end traceability — from land preparation and input application through harvest, storage and market. With reliable data, agribusinesses make better decisions, reduce loss, demonstrate quality and unlock access to premium buyers and finance.
The challenge in this sector
- No visibility into field-level activity, input use and crop status
- Input waste and uncontrolled cost across land and seasons
- Post-harvest loss from weak storage, handling and logistics
- Weak or absent traceability, limiting access to premium markets
- Yield and cost data not connected to finance and planning
- Disconnected records across farms, aggregators and processors
The Nowills transformation approach
We work from the field upward — understanding how land, inputs, labour and harvest are managed today, and where visibility and control break down. We design a data-driven operating model and deploy Nowills Farmer24 with the BI layer that turns farm data into management insight.
Practical, mobile-friendly tools and farmer training ensure the system works for the people actually in the field, not just the office.
What we deliver
- Deploy Nowills Farmer24 for farm, input, harvest and traceability management
- Capture field-level data on inputs, activities and yields
- Connect production to storage, logistics and finance
- Build dashboards for yield, cost and margin with Nowills BI
- Establish end-to-end traceability from farm to market
- Support farmer and field-staff adoption with training and tools
Expected business outcomes
- Better operational decisions from reliable field-level data
- Lower input waste and stronger cost control per hectare
- Reduced post-harvest loss through better storage and logistics
- Full traceability that meets buyer and regulator expectations
- Clearer yield, cost and margin visibility across the value chain
- A stronger position with buyers, processors and financiers
Not sure where to start?
Take the free Nowills Transformation Assessment to see how your organisation scores across twelve dimensions — and receive a prioritised, banded report tailored to your sector.
