E-GRANARY

Who we are

e–granary is a mobile-based digital platform that facilitates the meeting of demand and supply of agricultural products and inputs, reduces the cost to serve and risks to enable service providers to gainfully invest/serve smallholder farmers, and offers targeted agronomical support throughout the growing season giving smallholder farmers support from seed to market for increased productivity, incomes and livelihoods.

What we do?

– our business model hinges on delivering the maximum value to farmers in maize, common and soya beans value chains, typically small holding farmers, in a transparent and convenient manner. e—granary procures directly from farmers, producer coops, and community-based organizations and manages the value chain from farm gate to a buyer’s doorstep. this allows farmers to focus on production while leveraging their collective strength to sell their produce.

How we do it

Crop Management And Support

– knowledge delivery through mobile and web platforms

Credit And Insurance

– access to credit helps farmers gain access to agri-inputs, farm equipment, and post-harvest services

Group Purchase Of Agricultural Inputs

– group purchase reduces cost for farmers and increases sales through the platform

Coordination Of Post Harvest Services

– providing access to post-harvest services providers to ensure farmers capture the maximum crop value

Coordination Of Contract Farming

– making farm equipment affordable with micro-finance support

We've been able to attract key partners along, creating an ecosystem that is beneficial to smallholder farmers.

Impacts

No Poverty

– sustainable agriculture is the most effective tool to end poverty by facilitating the meeting of demand and supply of agricultural products and inputs, reducing the cost to serve and risk to enable service providers to gainfully invest/serve small holder farmers, e–granary is making it possible to increase productivity, which translates to increased incomes and transform livelihoods. Read more..

Zero Hunger

– one-third of the world's 7.3 billion people are smallholders farmers and their families who produce nearly 70 percent of all food consumed worldwide on 60 percent of the planet's arable land. e–granary is contributing to the agenda of feeding 9 billion people by 2050 through helping smallholder farmers access certified inputs affordable credit and a reliable market for better production and improved livelihoods. Read more..

Gender Equality

– by engaging alternative collateral/secularization mechanism for example supply contacts and group guarantees for credit access, e–granary ids enabling women and youth access credit and financial services where it was impossible before since traditional securities are largely held by men. Read more..

Decent Work And Growth

– promote full and direct employment and decent work through access to the right input/output and services markets. by accessing certified inputs, financial services and market farmers are able to run their farming as a profitable enterprises, thereby getting a higher and more stable income and contributing to the economic growth. e–granary also works directly and indirectly with a network of fled officials and farmer groups based aggregators all soured from the local community. Read more..

Industry, Innovation And Infrastructure

– by leveraging mobile digital technologies e–granary is bridging the digital divide by enabling smallholder farmers to have a digital profile, receive payments digitally and keep an online record of production and harvest. Read more..

Transforming farmers’ livelihoods