What is the name of your organization?
AYCI
What is the name of your solution?
SiembraCo
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
SiembraCo connects small farmers to climate‑smart markets with AI and satellites, delivering nutritious, low‑carbon food affordably.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Bogotá, Colombia
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
Colombia
What type of organization is your solution team?
For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
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What specific problem are you solving?
Smallholder farmers produce roughly one‑third of the world’s food, yet most cultivate <2 ha with limited market power, climate intelligence and traceability. In Colombia and the wider Andean region they comprise ≈32 % of the population and anchor rural food security. (FAO)
Still, 30–40 % of their beans, tomatoes and other perishables spoil or are rejected before sale because post‑harvest handling, storage and transport remain fragmented and manual. Middle‑men capture most of the value, so producers keep only a fraction of retail prices while bearing rising climate risks and costs. Buyers, meanwhile, struggle to source consistent, low‑carbon, pesticide‑transparent produce demanded by consumers and ESG‑minded regulators. The result is a vicious cycle of rural poverty, food loss and avoidable emissions within supply chains that already exacerbate climate change.
The core problem is thus an analogue, opaque food system that fails to provide real‑time agronomic guidance, objective quality verification or direct, low‑carbon market access for smallholders. Bridging this information‑and‑logistics gap would simultaneously raise farmer incomes, unlock affordable nutritious supply for urban consumers and slash climate‑damaging waste.
What is your solution?
SiembraCo is a digital platform that empowers smallholder farmers in Latin America by connecting them directly with households and businesses through a Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) model adapted to the region.
Our core innovation, Siembra Virtual, allows customers to virtually adopt a crop before it's planted. This “grow-to-order” approach ensures stable prices and secure income for farmers, while buyers receive affordable, traceable, and nutritious food. Throughout the cycle, customers can follow their crops from seed to harvest.
The platform integrates three core technologies:
AI-powered agronomic assistant: A chatbot that delivers personalized guidance on Good Agricultural Practices, pest management, and weather alerts.
Satellite monitoring (via Auravant API): Tracks crop health and soil conditions to optimize resource use and reduce losses.
Smart logistics and quality control: Routing algorithms optimize harvest collection and delivery; a vision-AI sorting machine ensures quality for large buyers.
By cutting out intermediaries and delivering harvests directly from farm to final destination, we shorten supply chains and reduce emissions. Farmers earn more, buyers get better products, and together we cut post-harvest losses by up to 40% and reduce the food system’s carbon footprint.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
Our solution directly serves smallholder farmers—families who cultivate less than two hectares and often live in vulnerable, underserved rural areas. We currently operate in Colombia and Guatemala, where we’ve worked with over 2,654 smallholder families, including women farmers, indigenous communities, and young rural workers seeking dignified livelihoods in agriculture.
These farmers face multiple barriers: volatile prices, lack of direct market access, limited technical support, and increasing climate risks. Most rely on intermediaries who capture the majority of the value, leaving farmers with unstable incomes and little incentive to continue farming—especially for youth.
SiembraCo addresses these gaps by offering stable, fair market access through Siembra Virtual; AI-powered technical assistance that improves productivity and climate resilience; and traceable, transparent systems that reward sustainable practices. Farmers know in advance what they will plant, for whom, and at what price—reducing uncertainty and enabling better planning and income stability.
Additionally, by integrating technology into traditional farming, we make agriculture more appealing to younger generations. We are not only increasing incomes and food security, but also restoring dignity, agency, and long-term opportunity to farming families who are often overlooked by innovation and investment.
