Where the farms are. Where the programme is reaching. Drawn on Google Maps.
Mothusi keeps mapping pragmatic. Operators and field officers draw the farm boundary directly on Google Maps in the browser. The drawn polygon becomes the farm's geo-record. Cohort maps then visualise where the farms sit, where the programme is reaching, and where field workflows are clustered.
One of thirteen workflows in the Agriculture layer. All connected to the same growth record.
Why it exists, and how it operates.
No GIS specialist needed. The farm profile contains a Google Maps view. The operator or extension officer pans to the farm, drops the polygon by clicking corners, and saves it. The boundary is stored with the farm and shown on every cohort and dashboard view from that point on.
The visualisations are deliberately rudimentary: farm pins on a regional map, drawn polygons per farm, cohort overlays, vet dispatch markers, programme reach views. Useful answers to "where", not a full GIS analytics engine.
Access control respects the data: programme officers see their cohorts; funders see operators who have shared with them; operators see their own farm and its neighbours in context.
How it works in the field.
- 01
Operator opens the farm on Google Maps
The farm profile loads a Google Maps view centred on the farm location.
Google Maps - 02
Boundary drawn by clicking corners
Operator or extension officer drops polygon points around the farm or parcel. No surveyor required.
Google Maps - 03
Polygon saved to the farm profile
The shape and its coordinates are stored against the farm and reused across visits, dashboards, and reports.
Farm profile - 04
Cohort maps render
Programme officers see all farms in the cohort. Funders see their portfolio. Vets see their service area.
Dashboards - 05
Field workflows layer in
Visit locations, dispatch markers, and milestone events appear on the cohort map.
Dashboards - 06
Export to reports
Map snapshots embed into programme reports and donor impact documents.
Impact reporting
What this workflow produces.
Each item below is a structured artefact written to the operator's growth record. Programme officers, funders, buyers, and the operator themselves can read and act on every one.
- Drawn farm boundary per farm
- Cohort map with all enrolled farms
- Vet dispatch and field visit markers
- Programme reach view per region
- Map snapshots for reports
Different audiences. Same workflow output.
| Audience | Value delivered |
|---|---|
| Programmes | A visual answer to where the cohort actually sits and where field workflows have been delivered. |
| Funders | Portfolio map view at decision and review time. No claim, just the drawn farm. |
| Governments | Sector-development maps for ministerial review and regional planning, without commissioning a GIS study. |
| Vets and field officers | A single map of where they have been and which farms are next. |
Deploy this workflow in your agri-programme.
Whether your programme runs farmer development, vet dispatch, offtake-backed lending, or processor support, this workflow plugs into your existing operations and feeds the same growth record as every other Mothusi capability.
From business support to measurable enterprise development. Across sectors, countries, and real operating environments.