Running on WhatsApp in a farm pilot

Send a photo of a sick plant. Get an honest answer.

A WhatsApp assistant for farms. A worker sends a photo. In about a minute it replies with the likely cause, how sure it is, and what to do. There is no app to install.

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A coffee seedling from the pilot farm, with white, waxy clusters along the stems.
MealybugsHow sure: high

How it works

It runs on the WhatsApp the farm already uses. Workers send photos from the field. Managers hear about serious results at once.

  1. Send a photo

    A worker sends a photo of the sick plant, with the crop name as the caption.

  2. Read the answer, and how sure it is

    The likely cause, how sure it is with a reason, the treatment and the next steps. If it is not sure, it says "not confirmed" and asks for better photos.

  3. Ask an expert, or raise the alarm

    Reply EXPERT and an agronomist checks the photo and replies to the worker on WhatsApp. A serious result alerts the farm managers at once.

It tells you when it is not sure

A photo is not a lab test. So every reply says how sure it is. When it is not sure, it says "not confirmed", asks for three better photos and offers an expert. It never shows a guess as a fact.

Example reply, written for this page

How sure: high.

The signs are clear in the photo.


Mealybugs

Crop: coffee

White, waxy clusters sit along the stems and in the joints.

Prune and burn the worst shoots. Control the ants that carry mealybugs from tree to tree. Ask your agronomist before you spray.

Example reply, written for this page

How sure: medium. Not confirmed.

One leaf in the photo, and dry weather looks the same.


Likely cause: potassium shortage

Crop: coffee

Do not spray yet. Mulch the base and keep the soil moist.

For a better answer, send 3 photos in daylight: the whole plant, the sick leaf close up, and the stem base. Or reply EXPERT and an agronomist checks it.

When it is serious

Some diseases spread from farm to farm, for example coffee wilt and banana bacterial wilt. When a reply finds one, the farm managers get a WhatsApp alert at once, with the result and who sent it. The reply also names the district office to report it to.

A farm store on a second number

A farm can add a second WhatsApp number that takes produce orders. A buyer sends CATALOG, then one line with the item, the amount, the delivery area and a name. In the pilot, one number does both.

The order goes to the farm team at once. Payment is on delivery, or by the farm's own MoMo instructions. The farm keeps the customer.

Example order

Please confirm this order

Item
matooke
Qty
2 bunches
Area
Isingiro town
Name
Sarah

Reply YES to confirm or CANCEL to stop.

The pilot farm

Farm
Kyamusoni Three Rivers Farm
Where
Isingiro District, Uganda
Since
October 2026
Crops
Coffee, matooke, avocado, maize and beans
Stage
Test

How sure we are about results: low. One farm, a few weeks. We will write here what we learn.

Privacy at a glance

This is not an offline app. Photos leave the phone. Here is where they go.

  • WhatsApp carries the messages. Photos and replies travel through WhatsApp, a Meta service.
  • We keep a record of each scan. The sender's number, the photo, the crop, the result and the date.
  • An AI service reads the photo. It writes the answer from the photo and the crop name. It does not get the sender's number.
  • The farm's staff see what they need. EXPERT and serious results go to the staff numbers the farm gives us.

Read the privacy policy, or ask us to delete your data.

Questions

Do workers need to install anything?

No. They use WhatsApp. They send a photo with the crop name as the caption. If they forget the crop, the reply asks for it.

Which crops does it know?

On the pilot farm: coffee, matooke, avocado, maize and beans. Ask us before you rely on it for another crop.

What if the answer is wrong?

Each reply says how sure it is. A "not confirmed" reply is a lead, not a diagnosis. Reply EXPERT to have an agronomist check. Before you act on a serious result, confirm it with an agronomist or the district office.

What does EXPERT do?

It sends the last photo, the crop and the likely cause to the farm's staff numbers. An agronomist checks it and replies to the worker on WhatsApp.

What happens with a serious disease?

The farm managers get a WhatsApp alert at once, with the crop, the result and who sent it. The reply to the worker names the district office to report to.

Can the farm pause it?

Yes. Email hello@kebzihaus.com. See Support for staff numbers and pauses.

Want this on your farm?

We set it up on the WhatsApp your farm already uses, and agree with you what a good pilot looks like before we start.

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