Blooom: Democratizing the Future of Farming

blooom is a digital platform with a mobile front-end used to engage with smallholder farmers and a web enabled back-end to aggregate data, transaction and enable interactions with markets and financial institutions. blooom gives smallholders access to information, finance, inputs and markets -- everything that can help them thrive as independent agro-entrepreneurs. first, a unique smart farming engine combines soil analysis, climate data, food market forecasts and crop dna information with traditional, local knowledge and the latest agronomical and ecological research, to empower farmers to grow what is best on their land. it tells them their expected return on investment for each crop that is available in their area – before they would spend on seeds and other supplies. once farmers decide what to grow, the platform supports them with timely best practices throughout the growth cycle. bloom is smart farming, roi analysis, input purchasing, precision agriculture and market access —