“AgriMarketplace in the Palm of Your Hand” LUYINDA WILLIAM ERIC N.K.AGYEI
Value chain stakeholder analysis Agro Input Suppliers Financial Institutions + Insurance Farmers Exporters + Processors Agro Equipment suppliers Lack of aggregated, consistent and quality supply. High costs of Marketing and lack of Aggregated demand. High costs of Monitoring Lack of reliable customers information
Lacks records for Production History. Current Activities Buyer details Land under cultivation Lacks information on Price trends Dynamic Scoring Pesticides Weather predictions Production Needs Quality seeds Logistics Land Preparation Extension services Market Linkages Financial Needs Credit / Loan Savings Insurance Convenient money transaction medium Uneconomical logistics Access Volumes The Problem: Farmers have no credit history
e- VAM Village Agent Akorion Farmers Acreage Exporters and Processors Agro Input Suppliers Financial Institutions + Insurance Agro Equipment suppliers MobiPay
Services currently promoted using ICT Market Information. 2.E –meeting of Buyer & Seller. 3.E-Wallet. 1.Dryers. 2.Shellers. 3.Crop conditioning 1.Door to door Inputs delivery 2.Spraying 3.Ploughing 4.Planting 5.E-Extension 1. Profiling. 2. Business Planning. 3. Access to Credit. 4. Crop insurance. 5. Soil Testing. 6. Access to production service providers. Pre Production Production services PHH services Marketing
How services are delivered?
Ezy Agric Suite Ezy iSell Ezy oSell Ezy Yeild Ezy Income Ezy Extension Ezy Identification Ezy Finance Ezy Delivery
TO SMALL HOLDER FARMERS AND SOCIETY Increase House hold Income Better Agriculture practices Employment to Youth in Agriculture Increase Food security
Chicken and egg scenario: Getting all stakeholders onboard at the same time is important; farmers won't come till there is service and service providers won't come till there are farmers. Get everyone on board at the same time. Reaching smallholder farmers: There are inherent difficulties in reaching individual SHFs. Leverage existing SHF aggregators e.g. Traders, Village Agents, Co-ops & Buyers Technology is a medium not the end: Every partner has different requirements The solution has to be flexible enough to meet the overall objectives Lessons learned
PARTNERSHIP So Far! Farmers Data captured and gradually expanding 34,000 farmers for B Farmers Loan approval with Crop Insurance 321 jobs created so far 4 Grains contracts signed HAL Hangzhou Agrochemicals
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