Technology & Innovation
Choosing Our Weather Station and Soil Sensors
We spent weeks comparing weather stations and soil sensors. Here is what we chose, what we rejected, what it costs, and what we still do not know.
Read More →A farm in coastal Kenya that publishes everything — costs, yields, failures — so the next farmer doesn’t have to start from zero.
Where the Data Meets the Dirt
Why We Started
Our founder spent six years in data governance at a Kenyan bank and then studied AI in Germany. Keragita Farms was created to bring that discipline to smallholder agriculture.
Our farm sits in Gongoni Ward, Kilifi County. In our first season, we lost our main cash crop to weather we could not predict. That loss — documented in our journal — made the case for everything we are building.
Our goal is data-driven farming — documenting every result openly so the next farmer does not start from zero.
When I planted my first crop and watched it grow, I was convinced that farming is what I am meant to do. But when prolonged rains took our main cash crop and I had no data to see it coming, I knew exactly what to build.
Kilifi County at a Glance
162,648 Farming households in Kilifi County (KNBS Census 2019)
~90% Farming households rely entirely on rainfall (Kilifi CIDP 2023–2027)
900–1,100 mm Annual rainfall across two growing seasons (Kilifi CIDP 2023–2027)
24–30°C Year-round growing temperatures, no frost (KMD)
Up to 40% Fruits and vegetables lost before reaching market (FAO)
Why Data Matters Here
Weather Monitoring
Coastal Kenya’s bimodal rainfall is variable — the long rains can extend well into June and July, catching late-planted crops at their most vulnerable stage. A weather station gives farmers real-time data to act on instead of guessing.
Soil Intelligence
Without a proper soil analysis, we are farming blind — and coastal salinity adds invisible risk. Continuous moisture monitoring combined with periodic laboratory analysis gives us the data to time irrigation and track soil health over seasons.
Market Timing
Malindi’s wholesale market is 40 km away and Mombasa is roughly 120 km. Without real-time price data from either, we harvest based on crop readiness rather than market readiness.
Built in Public
In tech, building in public means sharing your work as you go — the wins and the failures. In farming, this almost never happens. Costs are guesswork, yields are anecdotal, and lessons disappear between seasons. We publish our costs, our yields, our failures, and our methods — not because we have it figured out, but because farming knowledge in Kenya is too often locked behind institutional walls or lost between harvests.
Latest from the Journal
Farming Operations
First Season: The Numbers
We have invested KES 363,200 in our first year — crops, livestock, and infrastructure. Here is the full breakdown — every shilling in, every shilling out.
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Farming Operations
Herd Health Check: Every Goat, Every Time
Zakaria checks every goat by hand — weight, coat, hooves, eyes. It is routine work that prevents expensive problems. This is how a small herd stays healthy without a resident vet.
Read More →How We Sustain This
Keragita Farms is founder-funded. Revenue from the first maize harvest and every shilling spent are documented in our journal. Our immediate focus is water infrastructure and a second crop cycle.
Year 1 at a Glance
363,200 Total invested (KES)
27,000 Revenue from first harvest (KES)
-336,200 Net position (KES)
Every shilling is documented in our journal. See the full breakdown.
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Whether you are a donor, a development partner, a fellow farmer, or simply curious — we would like to hear from you.