Data & APIs

Umlimisi runs two live data feeds today. One is open; the other is available on request.

1. NAMBoard Market Prices Open

Weekly buying prices for 54 commodities, normalised from NAMBoard's publicly available EHIS portal. Updated hourly, history back to April 2026. No signup needed — this is open data.

This is not an official NAMBoard API. Umlimisi collects, normalises, and serves NAMBoard's publicly published buying prices through its own infrastructure. NAMBoard has not issued or endorsed this API. Original data is attributed to NAMBoard EHIS in every response.

Base URL: https://api.ekukhulenilabs.co.za

Try it now:

GET /commodities

→ 54 commodities NAMBoard buys, with category
  and AGROVOC identifier (where resolved)

GET /market-prices/namboard/latest

→ This week's full buying-price dataset (67 records)
  Each record: commodity, grade, price (SZL),
  unit, validity period, provenance metadata

Filter and paginate:

GET /market-prices/namboard/history?commodity=tomato&limit=10

→ All tomato price records across every week,
  most recent first, paginated

Every response includes source_name, source_url, official_api: false, and a full attribution string. Fields follow ISO 8601 dates, ISO 4217 currency (SZL), and UN/CEFACT unit codes where applicable.

Full field reference and OpenAPI spec available on request.

2. Aggregated Farm Data By request

Two endpoints serving aggregate, PII-free summaries of what Eswatini's farmers are growing and what crop/livestock health issues are appearing — rolled up by crop, region, and time period. No individual farmer identity is ever included in the payload.

Area planted summary — farmer-entered planting cycles, aggregated by crop, region, and month (area in hectares, cycle count).
Disease report — AI-assisted crop and livestock diagnoses, aggregated by crop/animal, matched pest or disease term, and region, over a trailing window (default 7 days, up to 90).

Access is by request. We issue a shared API key manually today — there is no self-serve signup. Tell us your organisation and intended use, and we'll get you connected.

These feeds are designed for extension services, research institutions, development partners, insurers, and government programmes that need aggregate agricultural intelligence without accessing individual farm records.

For detail on how Umlimisi handles farmer data, aggregation, and consent, see our Privacy Policy.

Request access

The market-price API is open — start using it now. For aggregated farm data access, email us:

admin@ekukhulenilabs.com — include your organisation name and how you intend to use the data.

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