DIGITAL FOOD SYSTEMS EVIDENCE CLEARING HOUSE 
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https://www.extensio.mxExtensio provides smallholder farmers with critical information for decision making via SMS and WhatsApp. The powerful digital platform captures weather data, parcel-level information, best agricultural practices, market knowledge and transforms it into automatic or pre-programmed SMS and WhatsApp messages customized to the needs of each farmer.
Description
Extensio is a certified B-Corporation, providing smallholder farmers with critical information for decision making via SMS and WhatsApp. For this, the company developed and operates a powerful digital platform, which captures weather data, parcel-level information, best agricultural practices and market knowledge and transforms it in automatic or pre-programmed SMS and WhatsApp messages customized to the needs of each farmer.
Estimated number of active users:
- At inception: 4000
- At time of last report: 19000
Evidence of impact
Since start of operations in 2016:
* Real time mobile communication service for the most isolated farmers in Latin America;
* Certified B-Corp, selected “Best for the World 2019” for our impact in our farmers’ lives and in the activities of our institutional clients;
* 19,000 farmers as direct users of the service;
* 336,000 lives impacted in 3 countries: Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador;
* 12% revenue increase for smallholder farmers.