You shouldn't have to fund seedlings into a black hole. Nurseries shouldn't have to sell and hope. Smallholders shouldn't have to guess at shade preparation. We built Nurseryz.io so they won't.
The Knowledge Gap
Thousands of smallholder farmers across Northern Uganda are engaging in coffee, cocoa, avocado and tree planting — yet most receive their seedlings with no guidance on shade preparation, spacing, watering, weeding, or soil management.
Without knowledge, seedlings die within weeks. That's economic loss for the farmer and reputational damage for every nursery that sold them. Nurseryz.io closes that gap.
"I bought 200 cocoa seedlings. By the third month, only 40 were alive. I didn't know about shade trees."
— Smallholder farmer, Kole DistrictBillions of shillings are spent getting seedlings to villages. But without digital infrastructure, no-one knows if those seedlings are still alive six months later — creating three systemic failures that drain impact, money and trust.
Millions of shillings are spent on distribution, but without follow-up, survival rates can be as low as 20–30%. Funders have zero visibility into whether their investment is still alive six months later.
Typical survival rate without guided care
Records kept in physical books at parish level lead to "ghost farmers," double-counting of beneficiaries, and the inability to prove to international donors — the EU or World Bank — exactly where the money went.
Digital audit trail in most distribution programmes
Once a farmer receives a seedling, they're left alone. Without timely advice on pruning or pest control, the "high-quality" seedling fails to reach yield potential — killing the project's long-term economic impact.
Average govt extension contact / year / farmer
Our Mission
Nurseryz.io is the digital infrastructure layer for Uganda's agroforestry — designed so every distributed seedling becomes a tracked, advised, and verified productive asset, with real-time dashboards shared with funders, government and carbon markets.
Founding team works alongside Lango sub-region cocoa cooperatives, UCDA officers and EU Green Deal partners to define the core data model.
Owner dashboard, SMS advisory, QR traceability and funder portal go live for first cohort of nurseries in Lira, Gulu, Kitgum, Pader, Apac, Lamwo and Agago.
First institutional funder programme — 120,000-seedling commitment across 7 districts with full carbon-credit eligibility audit trail.
Expand to all 135 districts, integrate with MAAIF + NAADS, ship first Gold Standard VER batch.
We're hiring agronomists, software engineers and field officers who want to see distribution actually work. If you fund seedlings, plant them, or want to verify them — we'd like to talk.