Local context matters
Advice should reflect crops, practices, seasons and conditions that matter where a farmer works.
Agricultural intelligence should start with the farmer.
Openfarms Lab is an early-stage agritech company building accessible digital and AI-powered tools for African farmers. We are starting in Nigeria and learning with the people our work is meant to serve.
What we are buildingA useful answer needs to know the farm.
Farm decisions depend on crop, location, planting date, growth stage, recent work and the conditions of this season. When advice loses that context, a farmer has to start again every time.
Our current focus is an AI Extension Worker: a digital assistant designed to remember a farm and its season, draw on trusted agronomic knowledge, and help the farmer decide what to do next.
We are validating the core problem and the experience first. The wider product ideas shown on this site grew out of an earlier prototype; they are directions to test, not a fully deployed service.
Built for the realities of African farming.
Access shapes the product
We design for mobile use, limited data and intermittent connectivity, with familiar channels and simpler interactions in mind.
Evidence sets the pace
We will expand from a focused first product as research and real use show what helps farmers.
A team across product, engineering and field relationships.
Openfarms Lab brings together people working in business operations, engineering, design, growth, partnerships and finance. We work with farmers, researchers and organizations to make useful agricultural intelligence accessible.
Meet the team
Build with the people closest to the field.
If you farm, research, deliver services or support agricultural innovation, we would like to hear from you.