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Farming decisions, made clearer

Farming is full of questions. What should I grow? When should I plant? What will I need? What should I do today? What can I expect from the season? Grow brings the information behind those questions together and helps turn it into practical decisions.

The problem

Information is not the hard part

Farmers already have access to information. There are weather forecasts, seed labels, farming guides, market prices, advice from other farmers and years of experience.

The difficult part is knowing what that information means for your farm.

  • A forecast says rain is coming.
  • A seed packet gives growing requirements.
  • A market gives a price.

But the farmer still has to work out:

“So what should I do?”

Grow is built to help with that step.

What Grow does

What Grow helps you work out

  • 01

    Helps you decide what to farm

    Tell Grow where you are and about your farming conditions.

    It helps identify crops and livestock that may suit your area, and gives you the information needed to compare them.

  • 02

    Helps you understand what they require

    Practical guides covering what a crop or animal actually asks of you:

    • Climate
    • Soil
    • Water
    • Feed
    • Inputs
    • Growing or production time
    • Common pests and diseases
    • Farming stages
    • Expected production
    • Basic economics
  • 03

    Helps you understand the weather

    Grow does not just show today’s temperature. It helps you understand what the weather could mean for your work — from coming rain to dry periods, heat, wind and the other conditions that change what a day is good for.

  • 04

    Helps you plan

    Once you find something you want to farm, Grow can help you work through the numbers: what you may need, what it could cost, and what the return could look like.

    You can do this without creating a farm or an account.

  • 05

    Helps you learn from your farm

    For farmers who choose to create a farm on Grow, the platform can keep track of activities, expenses, production and seasons.

    Over time, that information can help you understand what worked, what did not, and what you could do differently next season.

Grow does not replace the farmer

Grow can provide information, comparisons and recommendations. But it cannot see everything happening on your land.

Your soil may differ from the land around it. Your seed may behave differently. Your market may change. You may have resources or limitations Grow cannot see.

That is why Grow explains the reasoning behind its recommendations and makes its limitations clear. The final decision remains with the farmer.

What Grow will not do

Grow will not make up information to make an answer look complete. If Grow does not have reliable information about a local price, a yield, a watering requirement or another important detail, it will say so.

Its recommendations are based on agricultural, climate, soil and weather information from established sources. That information is useful for making decisions, but it cannot replace seeing the actual field or speaking with a qualified local agricultural professional.

Grow is a tool for information, planning and decision-making. It is not a replacement for professional agronomic, veterinary or financial advice.

Who built Grow

Grow was founded by Knowledge Mhodi around a simple belief: farmers should have access to useful information before they have to make important decisions. The platform is designed to be free and accessible across Africa, with no account required for its core features.

Our sources

Where the answers come from

Grow uses information from established agricultural, climate, soil, weather and mapping sources.
  • FAO

    agricultural and crop information

  • NASA POWER

    climate information

  • ISRIC SoilGrids

    soil information

  • Open-Meteo

    weather forecasts

  • OpenStreetMap

    places and geographic information

  • FAOSTAT

    agricultural statistics

These sources provide valuable information, but no dataset can perfectly describe every farm. Grow’s job is to bring that information together and make it easier to use.

Photograph credits

Photographs come from Wikimedia Commons and are used under their licences. They are downloaded and served from our own servers rather than linked from someone else’s.

Our approach

  • 01

    Useful information.

  • 02

    Clear reasoning.

  • 03

    Honest limitations.

  • 04

    Better decisions.

Try it on your own land

Tell Grow where you farm and it will help you work out what suits it. No account, no cost.

Find out what to farm
Ask Grow (needs an account)