
Innovation for Smallholder
Farmers in Latin America

Colcafé
Colcafé is rolling out a digital assistant tool and modular drying device to improve post-harvest practices among smallholder coffee farmers in Colombia. The project will deploy digital and physical tools, and train farmers on coffee quality.
Crezcamos
Crezcamos is building a digital agricultural planner to help smallholder farmers optimize crop cycles and access credit and insurance directly. This project will add planner features, advisor training, and increase farmer outreach in Colombia.
Finanex
Finanex helps small businesses and cooperatives to get export financing by advancing cash once goods are stored and export documents are verified. Finanex is now improving its platform and underwriting process to better serve farmers in Paraguay.
Hola Tractor
A mobile platform connecting small-scale farmers in Bolivia with tractor owners for on-demand equipment rental. The model empowers rural women as booking agents and is now scaling up with GPS tracking.
Hugo Restrepo y CÍA
Appsicum is a digital platform that helps Hugo Restrepo y CÍA’s field agents provide better support to chili farmers in Colombia and Peru. The planned upgrade will introduce farmer-facing features, training programs, and improved workflows.
Ignitia
Ignitia leverages advanced AI and satellite data to deliver hyper-local weather forecasts that improve climate resilience for farmers. Having driven 89% behavioral change in 2.8 million users across the globe, Ignitia is now scaling into Colombia.
IMIX
Imix develops fintech platforms for financial inclusion in the last mile. Through its solution “Acá se Fía”, Imix, streamlines the credit cycle by using agricultural value chain data to create tailored financing solutions for rural communities.
Interactuar
Interactuar is deploying a streamlined digital onboarding tool, “Cliente Nuevo Digital,” to help smallholder farmers access credit and parametric insurance alongside climate-smart training.
Producers Direct
Producers Direct empowers farmers via digital platforms by delivering AI-driven yield forecasts, climate-smart advice, and market access. It is now enhancing its advisory services to make farmers’ production more resilient and profitable.
SiembraCo
SiembraCo connects Colombian farmers with consumers through a digital platform that enables pre-purchase of harvests and promotes climate-resilient farming. Now expanding with AI features and satellite monitoring.
Sommos
Sommos digitizes traditional savings systems for smallholder farmers, enabling them to save and access loans. Sommos is now refining its platform through UX research and AI integration to boost financial inclusion and access to inputs.
SpaceAG
SpaceAG uses AI and remote sensing to help farmers monitor crop health and plan field activities with mobile and web tools. The upcoming upgrades will strengthen disease monitoring, weather insights, crop tracking, cost control, and training modules.
SUYANA
SUYANA delivers satellite-based parametric insurance that helps smallholder farmers prepare for and recover from climate shocks. They are now developing a localized early warning system in Bolivia.
Terra Kaape
A digital platform that supports coffee and cacao cooperatives in Honduras to manage production, traceability, and sustainable practices. Now expanding with new features and a carbon footprint app.
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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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