Farmgate Africa is an agtech platform which leverages technology to connect all food value chain participants with access to finance, reduced cost of production, open market access, and better harvest yields- all in one place.
Farmgate improves activities in the food value chain by making available inputs such as finance (through CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme, Agriculture for Food and Jobs Plan, and other intervention schemes), insurance (Hapi Insurance), data and technology, access to market, and marketing. We are focused on helping farmers and low-income earners create and protect their wealth by leveraging technology.
Farmgate also provides access to over 182,000 seamless supply of agricultural inputs and produce nationwide making input disbursement and produce procurement.
Who is Farmgate For?
Farmers – Farmgate creates wealth for farmers and eases their access to market, agricultural inputs, and finance.
Financiers – We connect sponsors to superior market investments to grow wealth and earn healthy returns.
Input Providers – We provide access to high quality agricultural inputs to improve agricultural production.
Buyers – Gain access to superior market data for better buying decisions at better prices.
Farmgate Solutions
- Farmcrowdy Trader:
This is a one-stop shop where buyers can order produce directly from farmers remotely from the comfort of their offices using technology. The farmers on the other hand can source quality inputs at discounted rates, sell their produce, receive tips on best practices and markets as well as access loans.
The platform is supported by our tech enabled aggregation centres where physical exchanges are done. We currently have 101 centres nationwide stationed in rural farmgate communities and equipped with a digital scale, hand-held moisture meter, POS device and a smartphone pre-installed with our app.
Farmcrowdy Trader provides aggregation platforms where agro dealers and suppliers serve farmers more effectively than in the past enabling the timely ordering and disbursement of agro inputs while providing the agro manufacturers with the needed data and insights to develop more-customer-centric products and customize product offerings to the needs of individual farmers.
Farmcrowdy Trader also enables export and trade activities across borders. The Trading platform trading provides international buyers and sellers with access to superior insights, and better pricing across the entire agricultural supply chain.
Who Can Benefit from Farmcrowdy Trader?
Farmers: Farmers upload commodities that are available and ready for sale through our aggregation centres where they are weighed and captured via the Farmcrowdy Trader Mobile App. Farmcrowdy Trader also provides access to affordable inputs, financing, access to superior markets for better pricing, logistics and storage facilities to reduce wastage, and insurance to enhance agricultural productivity.
Buyers (Local and International): Buyers on the other hand, can view uploaded produce or place custom orders to which farmers can respond in real time. Farmcrowdy Trader also provides an open market access where agro commodity buyers and sellers can gain access to superior insights, and better pricing across the entire agricultural supply chain
How Do I Get Started on Farmcrowdy Trader?
Click here to get started on Farmcrowdy Trader.
- Farmsafe Insurance:
Farmcrowdy Insurance is a platform that links farmers, low-income earners and the food value chain participant with the underwriters and Insurance Brokers. We provide access to life, health, crop, and property insurance.
The focus of Farmsafe Microinsurance is to help farmers, middle class and low-income earners to protect their wealth through our insurance-tech services at very affordable rates. To ensure accessibility, our underwriters offer flexible payment plans and affordable premiums.
The payment process is seamless with the integration of Dss code, Mobile app technology, and website and as such, creating the opportunity to access insurance coverage within 2minutes for as low as N900 monthly micro-insurance.
Farmsafe Microinsurance Services Include:
1. Life Insurance: Upon the demise of a participant/policyholder the named beneficiary receives compensation of N100,000 to N500,000 depending on the option you opt for.
2. Hospi-care Cover: Under this cover, when a customer is admitted to a hospital, the insurance policy reimburses the customer up to a fixed/determined amount for the hospital bills paid.
3. Property Protection: This product pays reimbursement to partners whose products are affected by flood, fire, or other pre-agreed disasters.
4. Crop Insurance: This product Provides compensation to partners for damage to crops by events like extreme weather conditions and invasion by wild animals.
Who Can Benefit From Farmsafe Microinsurance
Farmsafe Microinsurance is for all middle to low-income earners such as farmers, drivers, gatemen, etc.
How Do I Get Started on Farmcrowdy Microinsurance?
Click here to get started on Farmsafe Microinsurance.
- Grainpoint:
The Grainpoint Off-taker/Processor web platform allows major off-takers and processing factories from around the world to purchase, produce directly from farmers at Farmgate prices; eliminating otherwise multiple layers of intermediaries required for farmers to sell their produce and ensuring better returns for farmers. Some of the Grainpoint application services include; Input Disbursement, Produce Procurement, Financial Services, and Value-Added services.
Through Grainpoint, organizations can monitor farmer’s inputs, buyers, keep up to date with commodity prices, farm projects, farm locations, harvests, agents, collection centers, and others for effective agricultural production.
Who Can Benefit From Grainpoint Application?
The Grainpoint Application serves as a platform for collating farmer information, disbursing funds and agricultural inputs to farmers, monitoring farmer sales and is thus very beneficial to Agricultural organizations.
Our Grainpoint Application also grants Agricultural organizations access to reliable and insightful agricultural data for key decision making, investment decisions, and research for Government policy making.
How Do I Get Started on Grainpoint?
To get started on Grainpoint, click here.
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