Faari · Farmer Coordination Platform · Côte d'Ivoire
Faari is the coordination infrastructure that connects certified smallholder farmers to the 42 agronomic activities they must complete each growing season, turning training into consistent on-farm practice.
Why it matters
Côte d'Ivoire has invested in training the farmers. The Dutch consortium has built the curriculum. The gap is not knowledge. It is coordination. Faari exists to close that gap, turning certified graduates into a functioning, productive, food-secure horticultural system.
The problem
The MOYÉ programme has certified horticultural farmers across the Yamoussoukro District. The intervention is proven. The gap is what happens after graduation: 4,200 farmers, 42 agronomic activities per season, and no digital infrastructure to ensure certified knowledge reaches the field consistently.
How it works
Faari sits between the programme and the farm, sequencing activity reminders, routing field agents, and giving coordinators real-time visibility into farmer progress.
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Faari maps all 42 agronomic activities to a shared programme calendar and delivers farmer-specific SMS and app alerts at precisely the right moment each activity is due.
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The platform dynamically prioritises which farmers need in-person support each week, concentrating limited extension capacity where it has the highest marginal impact.
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Coordinators gain real-time visibility into farmer engagement and activity completion rates, enabling early intervention before the season is lost.
Pilot programme
Faari pilots within MOYÉ, the Centre d'Excellence Horticole Ivoiro-Néerlandais in Yamoussoukro, backed by Dutch government funding and a consortium of leading seed companies and agricultural research institutions.
Centre d'Excellence Horticole Ivoiro-Néerlandais, Yamoussoukro District, Côte d'Ivoire. Launched August 2025. First cohort of 25 trainees certified; second cohort February 2026. Incubation of certified graduates into active farm operations begins January 2027.
MOYÉ's stated biggest operational challenge: coordinating 4,200 farmers across 42 agronomic activities. Faari is built to solve exactly that.
View programme on LinkedIn →Programme consortium
Evidence base
Certified horticultural training of the kind MOYÉ delivers has a rigorous evidence base. The gap Faari addresses is not whether training works. It is whether trained farmers can consistently apply what they have learned.
J-PAL · Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, MIT
J-PAL's policy insight synthesises findings from multiple randomised controlled trials on agricultural extension and training across Sub-Saharan Africa. The evidence shows that structured training programmes increase farmers' adoption of improved agronomic practices, and that combining training with digital coordination tools amplifies on-farm impact. The critical variable is consistent application. That is precisely what Faari coordinates.
Read the J-PAL policy insight →Faari is seeking programme partners and pilot collaborators in Côte d'Ivoire and West Africa. If you work in agricultural development, smallholder training, or extension services, we would like to hear from you.