Cropple is now on Android in Nigeria
For farmers growing maize, cassava, yam and rice — a free Android app that reads your plants from a photo, watches your farm from space, and gives you weather for your land rather than the state capital.
Cropple is live on Google Play, and it is free to start. If you farm anywhere from Kano to Enugu, you can install it today, add your farm in three steps, and have a briefing waiting for you tomorrow morning.
Most farming advice reaching Nigerian farmers through a phone is generic. It was written for somewhere else, for a crop calendar that does not match the rains, and it rarely knows the difference between the Guinea savannah and the humid south. Cropple works from your actual coordinates, so the advice moves with your farm.
Photograph the problem, get an answer
Take a photo of a cassava leaf showing mosaic patterns, a maize plant that has been hit by fall armyworm, or yam vines that are yellowing early, and SageAI gives you the likely cause and what to do next. It is quick enough to use standing in the field, which is when you actually need it.
Cropple works from your farm's real coordinates, so planting and spraying advice follows your rains rather than a calendar written for another climate.
Fall armyworm, caught early
Be clear-eyed about what this is. SageAI gives you a strong first read and it will often name the problem correctly. It is not a replacement for your extension officer or an agronomist who can walk your land. Before you spend money spraying hectares, get a second opinion locally.
Fall armyworm is the case where speed matters most. Once it establishes in maize, every day of delay costs you. Catching it from a photo the day you first notice damage, rather than the week after, is the difference between treating a patch and treating a farm.
The part of the farm you did not walk
Satellite imagery covers the other half of the problem — the part of your farm you have not walked this week. Cropple checks your fields from space and flags where plants are under stress. On a farm of any size, that is where problems start without anyone noticing.
Key Takeaways
- Install free from Google Play and add your farm in three steps
- Draw your field boundary so satellite crop health can work
- Photograph armyworm damage or leaf discolouration the day you see it
- Track costs and sales per field in Naira across the season
- Confirm any large-scale spraying with your extension officer first
Rain on your farm, not on the capital
Weather is tied to your farm, not the nearest city. Rain that falls on the state capital tells you very little about whether to plant. The app also tracks what each field costs you and earns you across the season, in Naira, so at harvest you know which crop actually paid.
