Small-scale farmers cultivate relatively small areas of land, often many miles from the markets where they can sell their products. They rely heavily on middlemen to transport their crops to market, and are at their mercy when it comes to the price they are paid. This opportunity area is about expanding the options for farmers to sell their crops. For example, ideas that improve information about market prices can improve negotiating power and well-designed aggregation models can command better prices.
Connection to Markets
How might we get more food to markets, at a better price for farmers?
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FRUITI-CYCLE
An electric tricycle with a detachable refrigerated storage unit to safely and conveniently transport fresh fruits and vegetables to market
'Kickstarter' for farmers
500farms is a crowdsourcing and delivery platform that connects small scale rural producers to buyers in Nigerian cities
An 'Uber' for Small-Holder Farmers: Linking Farmers to Urban Markets while Leveraging Under-utilized Capacity in Corporate Cold-Chains
We match last-mile rural 'microdistributors' & cold-storage demand from farmers to under-utilized capacity in corporate cold chain systems
ICT-enabled ecosystem to drive sustainability of smallholder farmers
Farm-to-Food enabled by an ICT-driven eco-system, micro-entrepreneurship, and data for efficient supply chain management.
B10 markets Fresh irish potatoes and onions from Kabale small scale farmers in Kampala
We purchase Potatoes and onions from contracted Small Scale Farmers in Kabale, store, transport and brand them for the market in Kampala
Field Farmer Schools and Collective Marketing
It upgrades the linkage of farmers to the formal sector, and optimizes agrifood supply chains to deliver business and social value.
POSTHARVEST HUB AND MARKETING SERVICE CENTER (PHMSC)
Provide Rwanda Horticultural farmers support services in Postharvest technologies for value addition and marketing farmers' production.
Shamba.IO – Connect rural farmers to urban markets by empowering agricultural extension agents
Shamba.IO is a software platform that helps agricultural organizations coordinate more efficiently with thousands of farmers.
Enjoy every mango you harvest: The MangoScan does just that.
MangoScan is an easy-to-use quality testing kit that saves mangoes from going to waste and benefits all actors, especially smallholders.
Strengthening Communities (SC): a herbal farming alternative
To connect Nepalese small-scale farmers to herbal markets; to grow, process and produce herbal products together to increase farmer incomes.
Efficient Supply Chain Through Brand Loyalty and Accurate Market information to Consumers and Farmers
We connect shops and collectors via VPN and interactive voice response to consolidate, transport and supply products under single brand.
Reinventing the Co-packer model in Rwanda
We increase farmer and entrepreneur incomes and reduce post-harvest losses by providing affordable quality packaging and processing services
MoBFiT
MoBFIT is a robust GSM enabled agriculture supply chain software and mobile market place that is directly connecting 20M farmers to buyers.
GreenPath Food: Organic Fruit & Veg through an environmentally & financially sustainable, business solution for smallholder agriculture
We support farmers to organically grow high-value fruits & vegetables and manage an innovative supply chain to sell locally and export.
Farm Connect
The Farm Connect platform allows stakeholders in the agribusiness value chain to earn from selling agro-inputs, agro-services and produce.
Markit Opportunity - Mobile Auction for Smallholder Farming Trading
Markit Opportunity connects smallholder farmers to new and existing markets in East Africa through a trusted and transparent mobile platform
Mkulima Young: One Stop Shop for farmers and other traders in agricultural value chain.
A mobile based one stop shop for farmers and other service providers in agricultural value chains
Mozambique Sustainable Smallholder Cashew Production and Marketing Services
To provide a BUNDLED production and market linkages SERVICE to SMALLHOLDER CASHEW FARMERS in the northern province of Nampula, MOZAMBIQUE
Ricult
Ricult is creating a technology platform that transparently organizes and integrates all the actors of the agriculture value chain.
Food4You
A platform to improve livelihoods and reduce food waste by connecting small-scale farmers in South Africa to markets for their produce
Farm.ink –big data designed for small farmers
Using the latest techniques in Big Data we are building the world's first market matching chatbot
