Our story
Built for farmers first
Ukulima Bora started in 2025 because crop disease often arrives too late, and markets feel far away. We help farmers stop losses early, feed their communities, and show lenders they are building a healthier farm.
Protect your crops · Grow your yield
Healthier farms start with a photo
Snap a sick plant, get treatment advice in English or Kiswahili, and connect with buyers when your harvest is ready.
How Ukulima Bora helps
Tools made for farmers
Simple ways to keep crops healthy, get advice, and find the right people to buy or supply what you need.
See all featuresSpot crop disease early
Take a clear photo of a sick leaf. Ukulima Bora tells you what is wrong and how to treat it — for maize, potato, tomato, cassava, and more.
Learn moreAdvice in your language
Ask questions in English or Kiswahili and get clear steps for pests, soil, and plant care — like talking to a trusted agronomist.
Learn moreFind buyers nearby
Connect with people looking to buy your harvest and with shops that sell seed, fertiliser, and crop protection.
Learn morePlan with the weather
See local weather guidance so you know when to plant, water, or protect your crops from heavy rain.
Learn moreBuild trust for credit
Healthy farm activity builds your Farm Health Score. Share it with lenders when you need a loan for seed, inputs, or expansion.
Learn moreEverything in one place
Scan crops, chat for advice, check the market, and manage your farm profile from one simple home.
Learn more
How to use Ukulima Bora
From signup to healthier farm
The same path the app follows today — role-based signup, queued leaf scans, AgriBot advice, and optional USSD or lender score sharing.
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Choose your role and sign up
Open Create account, pick Farmer, Buyer, Input agency, or Lending partner. The form asks only for the details that role needs — then you land in the matching portal.
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Scan a leaf (farmers)
In Crop scanner, choose the crop, upload a clear leaf photo, and submit. Ukulima Bora queues the job on a background worker, checks that the image is a plant, then returns the disease result.
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Act on the result
Read the diagnosis, then ask AgriBot in English or Kiswahili for treatment steps. Top up your wallet when free scans are used up, and find inputs or buyers nearby.
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Grow beyond the phone app
Build your Farm Health Score over time and share it with lenders only if you consent. No smartphone? Use the USSD short-code demo for wallet, advice, market, and score checks.
No smartphone? No problem
Use Ukulima Bora from any phone
Dial a short code to check your wallet, ask for advice, find buyers, and more — even on a basic handset.
Dial from any handset*384*55#
- Check your wallet balance
- Ask for farming advice
- Find buyers and input shops
- See your Farm Health Score and manage who can view it
- Crop photos need a camera — use the Ukulima Bora app to scan a leaf
Ukulima Boraready
Dial *384*55# to open Ukulima Bora USSD.
Practice demo · no airtime charged
Join Ukulima Bora
Choose how you take part
Whether you grow, buy, supply inputs, or lend — there is a door for you.