Farming App

Samoa to develop new app for digital farmers

The project is part of a partnership between a UN agency and Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Data analyst and mobile app developer Tooa Brown is tasked with designing and developing the mobile app., statement. 

Brown said the idea for the app branched off from monitoring and evaluation visits to farmers currently participating in Samoa Agriculture and Fisheries Productivity Project.

"The disadvantages of using traditional methods of record keeping are high print costs, paper waste and recording information on paper that could get damaged and lost," she said.