Innovation for Smallholder
Farmers in Latin America
Weather Intelligence for Climate-Resilient Farming
Company Background
Ignitia is a Sweden-headquartered social enterprise focused on tropical weather forecasting for farmers and agribusinesses in emerging markets. With operations in West Africa, Latin America (through Ignitia Latam Ltda), and now expanding to Colombia, the company delivers highly localized, accurate forecasts—84% accuracy compared to ~39% from legacy providers — and has reached 2.8 million subscribers across Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Brazil, and Kenya.
Our Product
Ignitia provides daily, 48hour hyper-local weather forecasts (down to 3–9 km²) via SMS, WhatsApp, app, web, or API—powered by satellite data, AI, and supercomputer-scale processing (experimenting with ~5 trillion data points). By integrating crop-specific advisory and extreme-weather alerts, it empowers farmers to make smarter planting, fertilizing, and harvesting decisions—achieving an 89% behavior-change rate and up to 80% increases in farm incomes.
Under this agtech project, Ignitia aims to:
- Calibrate forecasting models for the Caribbean Coast and Cundinamarca regions in Colombia
- Conduct UX research and pilot the service with local Colombian farmers
- Implement marketing and sales campaigns tailored to Colombian needs
- Reach at least 18,000 farmers in Colombia
What Our Users Say
Testimonials coming soon.
This project is supported by Incofin Foundation, with funding from IDB Lab.
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This Project is financed under the project “Innovation in Ag Tech and Digital Agriculture for Small Farmers” funded by the Inter-American Development Bank, as administrator of the Multilateral Investment Fund (IDB Lab)”. This Project is also financed under the Smallholder Sustainability Upscaling Programme (“SSNUP”) funded by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (“SDC”) and the Liechtenstein Development Service (“LED”) and is coordinated by Appui au développement autonome a.s.b.l. (“ADA”)”.
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