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Download The Haller Farmer App
The Haller Farmers App is a free farming app designed to share knowledge with smallholder farmers in Africa, promoting sustainable development, resilience and enhanced livehoods.
What you can do with the Haller Farmer App
Improve your Soil Health using Sustainable Techniques
Learn Smart Conservation Farming Methods
Grow Medicinal Plants for your Family’s Health
Discover Super Foods to add to your Farm for Better Nutrition
Get Better Yields from climate resistant Field Crops
It works offline, on old phones and new!
All for Free from our Award winning Haller Farmers app
Our Mission is to Share Knowledge
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“Wow! This is the perfect beginner's handbook for emerging farmers. It's a very clear, step by step manual, covering almost everything. My favourite feature is the various planting methods, it introduces growers to so much more than just the traditional way of doing things. The chat feature, an added bonus I think.”
14 December 2020 - Food For Mzansi
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“Best farming app ever… with good and user friendly features that enable both farmers and non-farmers to prepare the land, plant their crop and also protect their crops from unwanted pests. I totally recommend it.”
10 October 2020 - Gerald Muthusi
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“The app has really helped my mum in her farm work. This is by educating her on better land preparation and handling various crops as they grow. Thanks to Haller for this app.”
25 December 2020 - penta miles
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"For a beginner urban famer, I've had an amazing learning experience using this App! Haller Farmers affordable, organic and environmentally friendly farming techniques have helped me transform our home backyard. You should see my tomatoes and Amaranth small garden.”
19 October 2020 - Eusyline Kafya
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“Such a good app! Comes in both English and Swahili and it looks great. Clear and easy to follow, with so much information for farming any size plot. A must for any farmer!”
5 October 2020 - Kelly Trendall
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“Fantastic app with detailed information on farming . Valuable data on plants and their healthy growth. Thank you.”
15 June 2021 - Kowech
Haller Farmers App is built on over 60 years of tested indigenous knowledge.
Built for Farmers, Educators & Learners
500+
Youth Farmers
56
Haller Communities
7,000+
Champion Farmers
Our app has been developed in collaboration with small holder farmers across Africa
For Farmers, By Farmers
Step 1: Choose Your Language
Start by selecting your preferred language.
The Haller Farmers App is available in English, Swahili, and French, with an audio option in Swahili to support farmers with low literacy.
Step 2: Explore the main menu
Navigate the app and find the information that suits your needs:
Get Started – Learn the basics: soil care, water use, and pest control.
My Plot – Personalised tips for your farm, including planting guidance, material lists, innovative ideas, the Urban Shamba, youth resources, and ways to protect your crops from wildlife.
What to Grow – Explore planting techniques for vegetables, fruits, superfoods, trees, medicinal crops, indigenous plants, and field crops.
Chat – Share and learn with other farmers through the Tips section and community Noticeboard.
Step 3: Choose your article
Once you've selected a topic, open an article to dig deeper.
Each article focuses on a specific technique or crop, helping you make informed choices based on your farm’s needs.
Step 4: Start Farming
Follow the step-by-step instructions in each article:
Learn what tools and materials you’ll need
Understand the method clearly
Apply each technique confidently in the field
The Haller Farmers App has an enhanced noticeboard with weather updates from the Kenyan Meteorological Association.
Along with quick advice from our agricultural experts, the app is a key platform for farmers to communicate and grow together!
The app includes interactive tools like the plot planner, practical how-to advice, and audio guides.
Our Research led us to create the Haller farmer app
95%
of farmers interviewed have access to a mobile phone
83%
of farmers interviewed were interested in using mobile tech to support their farming activities
36%
of farmers interviewed use mobile tech to support their farming
Everything in our App is brought to life at our hand-on demonstration site in Mombasa
Frequently Asked Questions
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Unlike other apps, Haller Farmers is tailored to smallholder farmers, offering offline access, simple step-by-step guides, and audio support in local languages.
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Yes! The app works offline once you have downloaded it, allowing farmers to access key information even without a data connection.
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An account means that you can save your favourite articles and access them easily when your offline. It also means you can post on the noticeboard for localised and general support.
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Your privacy is extremely important to us. We uphold your rights regarding how personal data is collected, stored, and handled. We will never sell your data to third parties, nor will we share your details with other entities for marketing purposes without your explicit consent. You can view our full privacy policy here: https://www.haller.org.uk/privacy-policy
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Yes you can, you can tap settings and change the languages at any time.
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Yes you can. The app is designed to work on all phones and it is lightweight so it does not take up the storage on your phone.
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When you download the app, you will be asked for a contact number or email address. To authenticate your details we will either call you or send you a message with a code to enter.
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Simply put in your phone number, and we will send you another access code.
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Farmers can access community Q&A forums, weather updates and support from agricultural experts. All you need to do is create an account and message on the noticeboard.
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The app teaches zero-waste farming, organic composting, and natural fertilisers to reduce chemical dependency and improve soil fertility.
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DIY compost bins, homemade organic pesticides, and solar drying techniques to improve farm efficiency. All are available to explore on the Haller Farmers App.
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The Haller Farmers app has lessons on vertical farming, container gardening, and sack farming to grow food in small spaces.
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Agroforestry involves planting trees and crops together to improve soil health, prevent erosion, and increase biodiversity.
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The Haller Farmers app utilises 60 years of research by Dr Rene Haller, combined with centuries of indigenous farming knowledge within Kenya. The app provides region-specific guides on growing, harvesting and maintaining a sustainable and healthy plot, applicable globally and our content library is constantly growing.
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We have step-by-step guides for planting, pruning, and maintaining mango, papaya, banana, and avocado trees.
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Yes! We offer low-cost, step-by-step tutorials on setting up drip irrigation, rainwater collection, and homemade watering systems.
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The app covers housing, feeding, and disease prevention for backyard poultry farming.
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The app includes lessons on how to make affordable, high-nutrition animal feed using local ingredients. It also provides herbal remedies and natural treatments for common livestock diseases.
How Haller Farmers App Transforms lives
Real Farmers, Real Success:
Since 2004, we have been dedicated to implementing the Haller Model in Kenya - a proven blueprint for a sustainable ecological and economical future. Over 20 years, Haller has worked with 56 rural communities to restore degraded soils and develop self-sufficient livelihoods on fertile land. Our affordable, sustainable and scalable techniques along with the knowledge, tools and infrastructure have supported smallholders in Kenya to farm sustainably and live extraordinarily resourcefully from their land; here are some of their stories.