Dr Otokunor said the initiative is designed to enable farmers to access inputs, tools and credit
The Presidential Initiative on Agriculture and Agribusiness (PIAA), in partnership with FAUREE Link Limited, has launched the DOBIDI Agro-Input Credit and Farmer Finance Platform (DACFIP), a digital platform aimed at improving access to finance for smallholder farmers across Ghana.
The initiative is designed to enable farmers to access inputs such as seeds, fertiliser, and tools on credit, while streamlining payments and integrating them into formal banking systems.
“This is not just about financing farmers. This is about restoring dignity and giving farmers a central voice in Ghana’s economic story, not just a seasonal role at the margins,” CEO of FAUREE Azhar Tasadduq said.
DACFIP links farmers, aggregators, agro-input dealers, banks, and government agencies on one digital platform. It offers real-time input credit, automated payments upon delivery, and digital KYC profiling to improve credit scoring and access to loans.
Dr Peter Boamah Otokunor, Lead Coordinator of the PIAA, said the platform reflects government’s broader goal to modernise agriculture.
“We’re working with a partner who understands both the technical and human side of transformation,” he stated.
Tasadduq added that DACFIP will give banks new confidence to lend.
“To banks, we say: join us. Lend through data. Lend through trust. This is the platform Ghana’s farmers have waited for.”
The platform aligns with President John Mahama’s “Ghana We Want” agenda and targets key value chains including rice, maize, poultry, livestock, and horticulture.
Already integrated into the national DOBIDI outgrower scheme, DACFIP is being rolled out across key agricultural districts, with thousands of farmers currently being onboarded.
