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Ku-Lima“to farm”
Free farming intelligence, straight to your phone.
Ku-Lima delivers weather forecasts, crop advisories, and live market prices to smallholder farmers across Zambia — by SMS today and USSD soon, no internet needed.
Open Ku-Lima — it’s free
USSD Soon
SMS alerts live on Airtel & MTN
Free to use
Any phone
Airtel & MTN
How it works
Three steps. Any phone. No airtime for data.
Choose your service
Crop advice, crop prices or your farm profile — pick a number from the menu.
Reply 1 for crop advice, 3 for crop prices
Get your answer
Instantly on screen — or subscribe and get SMS alerts when it matters.
Texts arrive from “Ku-Lima”
Four live services
Answers for the decisions that matter this season.
All four are live in Ku-Lima today, and SMS alerts are running on Airtel and MTN. USSD access is launching soon.
Weather Forecast
Rain and temperature for your province, with heavy-rain and dry-spell warnings.
Example reply
Open Weather Forecast
Lusaka · Thu 27° · light showers, 6mm. Good day to weed.
Market Prices
Crop prices per kg, dated, so you know what your harvest is worth before you sell.
Example reply
Open Market Prices
Maize · K6.94/kg · FRA floor price, as of 24 Jul 2026.
El Niño Advisory
Season risk by district, and what to plant and when to protect your crop.
Example reply
Open El Niño Advisory
Southern: high risk. Plant drought-tolerant seed after 20mm rain.
Field Report
Crop-by-crop guidance for your area — planting window, varieties, pests and yields.
Example reply
Get a Field Report
Groundnuts · Eastern · High suitability. Plant Nov–Dec.
The Ku-Lima app
Got a smartphone? Get the full picture.
The same farming intelligence in more depth — install it from your browser, no app store needed. It keeps your last data saved, so it still works when signal drops.
Field report for your cropPick a crop, province and water source. Get suitability, expected yield, costs and returns, varieties, planting calendar, pests and a week-by-week task plan.
Market prices with trendsMinistry of Agriculture averages per kg, dated, with price movement so you know when to sell.
Weather & riskMET Norway forecasts for your province, flood and drought risk, and the El Niño 2026/27 advisory.
Sign up for SMS alertsEnter your number once — heavy-rain and dry-spell alerts arrive from “Ku-Lima” on Airtel and MTN.
Open the Ku-Lima app
Then tap Install app to add it to your home screen.
Interactive preview Sample data — tap around
Why Ku-Lima
Built for the farm, not the office.
No app to download, no data bundle, no account. If your phone can make a call, it can use Ku-Lima.
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Free to use
A public service. No fees to subscribe, no hidden charges — farmers keep every kwacha.
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Works on any phone
Button phone or smartphone — the same alerts, the same answers. No app store, no upgrade needed.
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No internet needed
SMS reaches you wherever there’s signal — and USSD is coming next.
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Airtel & MTN
Live on both networks. Texts come from registered sender “Ku-Lima”.
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Built and run in Lusaka by Akili Ventures Limited — for Zambian farmers, by Zambians.
Start today
Your season starts here.
Open Ku-Lima and sign up for free SMS alerts from “Ku-Lima” today. A USSD short code for any phone is on its way — tell a neighbour.
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