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Nur Aina on managing customer concerns with specific solutions & multilingual supports for farmers in rural areas
October 25, 2024

Nur Aina on managing customer concerns with specific solutions & multilingual supports for farmers in rural areas

What do Customer Experience do in order to make sure their customers’ complains are heard and their needs met? And what would one do when communication itself becomes the issue of delivering these concerns? In this article taken from the latest #WorkWonders episode, Aina talks with Bintang Lestada, our Sr. Content Specialist about her role as Customer Experience Lead.

Karan Patel on how service blueprinting helps building Jiva’s relationship with Indonesian micro-collectors and farmers
August 28, 2024

Karan Patel on how service blueprinting helps building Jiva’s relationship with Indonesian micro-collectors and farmers

Being the Senior Service Designer, Karan Patel intends to discover how Jiva can deliver the best experiences for its users, be it from Jiva or other people. So many charts and journeys are created and innovated to serve the users. In this case, service blueprinting is the way to go. In this article taken from the latest #WorkWonders episode, Karan talks with Nea Ningtyas & Bintang Lestada, our Sr. Content Specialists about his experiences as Jiva’s Senior Service Designer in Indonesia and the process of his job.

Nilesh Gaurav on making low-tech e-commerce platform accessible for rural Indonesian users
July 22, 2024

Nilesh Gaurav on making low-tech e-commerce platform accessible for rural Indonesian users

As a Lead Product Manager, Nilesh Gaurav knows the in and out of Jiva’s platform. But sometimes you might be wondering, what does Jiva’s product actually do? And how does it work with users who live in rural areas? In this article taken from the latest #WorkWonders episode, Nilesh talks with Nea Ningtyas & Bintang Lestada, our Sr. Content Specialists about his role as Lead Product Manager and the challenges that he faced in his career in Jiva, be it socially or logistically.

Beyond interviews: Reflections from researching our rural users
May 30, 2024

Beyond interviews: Reflections from researching our rural users

Fathia Ramadina has been in user research for years prior to joining Jiva - but there are things about rural users so distinct that uncovers rich layers of enlightening insights on doing research. In this blog post, she reflects on how she found that after doing many research projects and hundreds of interviews with Sahabat Jiva, a meaningful rural user research goes beyond techniques.

6 Must-Dos to Unlock Seamless Remote Usability Testing
May 22, 2024

6 Must-Dos to Unlock Seamless Remote Usability Testing

Our Design Researcher Fiona Yasmine shares her top 6 lesson-learned about conducting seamless usability testing session with rural users.

Putri’s Path: From Rice Fields to Professional Growth in Agriculture
November 18, 2024

Putri’s Path: From Rice Fields to Professional Growth in Agriculture

This blog post series follows our Sr. Content Specialist, Bintang Lestada, as they share their lively talks with inspiring figures on the field. Let’s discover how Jiva empowers young talents like Putri to transform Indonesia’s agriculture through innovative training and on-the-ground experience.

Meet Jiva’s young farmers. These are their stories and hopes for the future
October 11, 2023

Meet Jiva’s young farmers. These are their stories and hopes for the future

Read the stories of our spirited young farmers, the key to securing our future food supply - and why we should ensure their prosperity.

Meet Alfian, our 21-year-old Sahabat Jiva who changed his family’s lives
July 31, 2023

Meet Alfian, our 21-year-old Sahabat Jiva who changed his family’s lives

Our content team recently made a field visit to Jiva’s operational areas. They have collected stories from the ground, hoping to capture our impact on the farming community. This blog post series follows our Sr. Content Specialist, Nea Ningtyas, as she shares her encounters with inspiring figures on the field. In this piece, she recollects her conversation with Alfian, our youngest Sahabat Jiva from South Sulawesi.

UT Day: Getting to Know Our Rural Users through Remote Testing
April 28, 2023

UT Day: Getting to Know Our Rural Users through Remote Testing

Users should always be at the center of your design process. When users live in rural areas, getting to know them comes with its own challenges: logistical hurdles, time restrictions, resource limitations, and the list goes on. But this doesn’t mean you get a pass to neglect the process of learning their problems and needs. How do we do this at Jiva?

Ramadan bonding: How this holy month brings us closer to the farming community
April 14, 2023

Ramadan bonding: How this holy month brings us closer to the farming community

This Ramadan, Jiva is taking the chance to bond with the rural communities by embracing Ramadan traditions, making connection with the farming communities through a series of events that we ran across six regions in Indonesia.

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How Profit-for-Purpose Agritech Companies are Changing the Investment Landscape
January 31, 2024

How Profit-for-Purpose Agritech Companies are Changing the Investment Landscape

Agritech investments are growing tremendously as founders and investors recognise the potential of technology powered by profit-for-purpose business models to transform food production, distribution, and consumption.

Sustainable Agriculture: Practices For A Greener Future
December 29, 2023

Sustainable Agriculture: Practices For A Greener Future

Earth, the only habitable planet we know of, faces threatening environmental, social, and economic challenges, many of which are directly linked to our agricultural practices. As the global population continues to rise, the demand for food also increases, putting immense pressure on our planet's resources.

Is Vertical Farming On A Large Scale Profitable?
December 29, 2023

Is Vertical Farming On A Large Scale Profitable?

With concerns about land scarcity and the environmental impact of conventional agriculture, vertical farming has emerged as a potential solution.

The Current Landscape of Agriculture Education: Identifying Challenges
December 29, 2023

The Current Landscape of Agriculture Education: Identifying Challenges

Traditional farming practices are no longer sustainable due to a burgeoning population and a changing climate. To ensure a secure food supply for present and future generations, we must reimagine agriculture. This much-needed transformation requires a commitment to generating and applying knowledge and innovations that promote sustainable agricultural practices,

Why Is Sustainable Agriculture So Important To The World?
December 27, 2023

Why Is Sustainable Agriculture So Important To The World?

In the face of intensifying climate change and environmental degradation, protecting natural resources has become the focus of attention of global leaders and critical stakeholders. In this search for solutions, there's a growing consensus for sustainable agriculture.

Our Blogs

Putri’s Path: From Rice Fields to Professional Growth in Agriculture

Putri’s Path: From Rice Fields to Professional Growth in Agriculture

This blog post series follows our Sr. Content Specialist, Bintang Lestada, as they share their lively talks with inspiring figures on the field. Let’s discover how Jiva empowers young talents like Putri to transform Indonesia’s agriculture through innovative training and on-the-ground experience.

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November 18, 2024
Putri’s Path: From Rice Fields to Professional Growth in Agriculture

Putri’s Path: From Rice Fields to Professional Growth in Agriculture

This blog post series follows our Sr. Content Specialist, Bintang Lestada, as they share their lively talks with inspiring figures on the field. Let’s discover how Jiva empowers young talents like Putri to transform Indonesia’s agriculture through innovative training and on-the-ground experience.

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November 18, 2024
Putri’s Path: From Rice Fields to Professional Growth in Agriculture

Putri’s Path: From Rice Fields to Professional Growth in Agriculture

This blog post series follows our Sr. Content Specialist, Bintang Lestada, as they share their lively talks with inspiring figures on the field. Let’s discover how Jiva empowers young talents like Putri to transform Indonesia’s agriculture through innovative training and on-the-ground experience.

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November 18, 2024
Nur Aina on managing customer concerns with specific solutions & multilingual supports for farmers in rural areas

Nur Aina on managing customer concerns with specific solutions & multilingual supports for farmers in rural areas

What do Customer Experience do in order to make sure their customers’ complains are heard and their needs met? And what would one do when communication itself becomes the issue of delivering these concerns? In this article taken from the latest #WorkWonders episode, Aina talks with Bintang Lestada, our Sr. Content Specialist about her role as Customer Experience Lead.

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October 25, 2024
Karan Patel on how service blueprinting helps building Jiva’s relationship with Indonesian micro-collectors and farmers

Karan Patel on how service blueprinting helps building Jiva’s relationship with Indonesian micro-collectors and farmers

Being the Senior Service Designer, Karan Patel intends to discover how Jiva can deliver the best experiences for its users, be it from Jiva or other people. So many charts and journeys are created and innovated to serve the users. In this case, service blueprinting is the way to go. In this article taken from the latest #WorkWonders episode, Karan talks with Nea Ningtyas & Bintang Lestada, our Sr. Content Specialists about his experiences as Jiva’s Senior Service Designer in Indonesia and the process of his job.

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August 28, 2024
Alief Anindra on leveraging tech to transform the finance function

Alief Anindra on leveraging tech to transform the finance function

Alief Anindra holds a critical position in Jiva’s finance team, but you might not be familiar with his job title. In this article, taken from one of our #WorkWonders episode, Alief tells Nea Ningtyas (Sr. Content Specialist) about his role as a Finance Transformation Lead. Read through to discover more about how, in this role, Alief initiates projects to transform the finance functions.

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May 3, 2024
Dinda Setiawan on rural design research challenges and improving ways to do it

Dinda Setiawan on rural design research challenges and improving ways to do it

Close to a year into the job, Dinda Setiawan, Jiva’s newest addition to the design research team, got acquainted with unique challenges in researching our rural users. When asked if her new journey has led to discovering the number of effective ways to improve our research process, Dinda said yes — the number is infinity.

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April 18, 2024
Profit for Purpose: An Innovative Business Model for Agritech Startups

Profit for Purpose: An Innovative Business Model for Agritech Startups

The "Profit for Purpose" model is an innovative approach which encourages companies to prioritize both financial sustainability and positive social and environmental impact. In this article, we will explore how doing good and doing well can be two sides of the same coin, especially for agritech startups.

Agriculture
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December 20, 2023
Meet Jiva’s young farmers. These are their stories and hopes for the future

Meet Jiva’s young farmers. These are their stories and hopes for the future

Read the stories of our spirited young farmers, the key to securing our future food supply - and why we should ensure their prosperity.

Farmers Stories
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October 11, 2023
Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture: Overview, Applications, Challenges & More

Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture: Overview, Applications, Challenges & More

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming industries worldwide, and agriculture is no exception. This article provides an overview of AI in agriculture, its various applications, benefits, and challenges.

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March 15, 2023

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Top 13 Innovations in Agriculture/Farming in 2023

Top 13 Innovations in Agriculture/Farming in 2023

Feeding the rapidly increasing global population amid the climate crisis requires the speed and accuracy that technology provides.

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Technology
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January 27, 2023
Everything you need to know about Agritech

Everything you need to know about Agritech

Agricultural technology, or agri-tech for short, began with the industrial revolution, where machines were used to increase crop production and animal yield. Over the years, it has remained one of the greatest advancements in human history as an excellent development to cushion the teeming global population expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. Agricultural technology involves the direct application of machines, Artificial Intelligence, and all other forms of technology to agriculture and its allied fields for higher sustainability.

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Agritech
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December 20, 2022
Agritech — Making Indian Farming Profitable

Agritech — Making Indian Farming Profitable

Small and marginal farmers in India face a myriad of wicked challenges, as they do elsewhere in the world, that keeps them on the cusp of poverty. With close to 100 million farmers spread throughout the world’s 7th largest country, it’s critical that their issues are addressed in a systematic, and thoughtful way.

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Agriculture
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October 3, 2022
Are farmers an endangered species?

Are farmers an endangered species?

There are 500 million smallholder farmers worldwide who produce up to 70% of the world’s food. Yet, globally we’re seeing a decline in the overall number of farmers.

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Industry Disruption
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May 27, 2022
Farmer Hasri: the Old and the New

Farmer Hasri: the Old and the New

Over the last 2 years, Jiva has run over a hundred demo plots to test the efficacy of our agronomy advisory. The results have been staggering; we’ve seen some farmers increase their yield by 200%.

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Agriculture
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April 27, 2022
Indonesian female farmers are redefining gender roles on the field

Indonesian female farmers are redefining gender roles on the field

Kartini Day - The 21st of April 1879 is a momentous day in Indonesian history, as it marks the birth of Raden Ajeng Kartini; a pioneer of women’s emancipation, equal opportunity, and access to education.

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Industry disruption
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April 19, 2022
Introducing Our Company Values

Introducing Our Company Values

Jiva launched in 2021 with a vision to empower smallholder farmers around the world. Through hundreds of hours of in-field interviews, home visits, and user testing sessions, we developed a unique agriservices platform designed to meet the needs of smallholder farmers around the world. Understanding agronomic processes, the complex agricultural supply chain and the pain points of smallholder farmers was critical in designing a system that could provide our users with low-cost advances, high quality supplies, fair prices and world-class agronomic advice. Today, Jiva empowers farmers across Indonesia by increasing yields and profits, as well as by giving farmers a voice in this big, complex and often unjust industry.

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April 13, 2022
42 Million, 14 Million, 2 Million…What a year!

42 Million, 14 Million, 2 Million…What a year!

Last year, Jiva grew from a handful of passionate people in Singapore to a 200+ employee organization spanning Singapore, Jakarta, Makassar, East Java, Bengaluru, and beyond. Together, we have reached over 60,000 farmers in our debut market, South Sulawesi.

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Company Growth & Investment
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January 26, 2022

About Jiva

To build an ecosystem founded on innovation dedicated to improving the lives of farmers by providing access to the best possible advice, products and trade services.

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