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I'm in d middle of a search about how we could use social media to connect farmers and keep track of their next harvest date, so instead of middlemen comming in at their own will and buying produce at prices that favour themselves alone, farmers can have a legit company (just like the seafood company in other country) that will collect the produce and sell them directly to retailers and consumers.

1- This distribution/marketing company will have all nessary document and won't incure additional cost to transport produce anywhere across the country

2-The company will have its own mall in all states. D mall will only sell fresh farm produce, (at cheaper rates because their goods is directly from farm)

3- whenever a farmer is expecting harvest, he post d date online so whenever d company come around (weekly or bi-monthly), they'll collect his produce, it'll also save the farmer from much Post-Harvest preservation

the best way is to do contract farming- where :
1.you sign a time based agreement and ,legally binding pls, with farmers who produce certain farm products with your specifications ( color, size/weight,hygiene, packaging etc) and at an agreed price . U 2 ll agree on delivery time too or when u can come for d produce . it can be once annually ,weekly,monthly, or quarterly .

2.It can be 1 or more farmers depending on your demand.
3. For a start ,you can mobilize or pay the farmer a fraction of the agreed sum to enable him produce. But be sure of the farmers' integrity before parting with large sum please.
cheers.

Yinkash100:
I'm in d middle of a search about how we could use social media to connect farmers and keep track of their next harvest date, so instead of middlemen comming in at their own will and buying produce at prices that favour themselves alone, farmers can have a legit company (just like the seafood company in other country) that will collect the produce and sell them directly to retailers and consumers.

1- This distribution/marketing company will have all nessary document and won't incure additional cost to transport produce anywhere across the country

2-The company will have its own mall in all states. D mall will only sell fresh farm produce, (at cheaper rates because their goods is directly from farm)

3- whenever a farmer is expecting harvest, he post d date online so whenever d company come around (weekly or bi-monthly), they'll collect his produce, it'll also save the farmer from much Post-Harvest preservation

am saying without apology, ur plan no go work

Divine appo pls expantiate further.

Not that we are really throwing the middle men out but d company will also act lyk both d middle man and the wholeseller, cutting d link short, thereby reducing the price of products.

Lyk some countries that have fish market, every registered fisherman can fish, and sell d fishes to companies that run d market. Those companies make sure products are available at constant price throughout the season at any of their outlet

Yinkash100:
Not that we are really throwing the middle men out but d company will also act lyk both d middle man and the wholeseller, cutting d link short, thereby reducing the price of products.

Lyk some countries that have fish market, every registered fisherman can fish, and sell d fishes to companies that run d market. Those companies make sure products are available at constant price throughout the season at any of their outlet

with d level of unemployment in dis country, ur idea is not good. to reduce d price of commodities, d greed of nigerians must be controlled using proper public policies(ppp), d problem is greed, not middlemen. if ur idea is to be implemented, it wil only favour d rich, bcoz they av d capacity to modify dis ur idea and ensure that d average nigerian cant even operate as a "corporate middleman". during d electioneering campaign, osibanjo said govt wil regulate price of cassava, garri, rice, beans, maize via a national commodity price board....

divineappo:
with d level of unemployment in dis country, ur idea is not good. to reduce d price of commodities, d greed of nigerians must be controlled using proper public policies(ppp), d problem is greed, not middlemen. if ur idea is to be implemented, it wil only favour d rich, bcoz they av d capacity to modify dis ur idea and ensure that d average nigerian cant even operate as a "corporate middleman". during d electioneering campaign, osibanjo said govt wil regulate price of cassava, garri, rice, beans, maize via a national commodity price board....

pls lets leave the government out of this. Looking at it critically, this move aims at cutting food wastage, and making food evenly distributed. No farmer will travel all the way to lagos to sell 10 basket of tomatoes, instead of waiting for d middle man that will circle round more than three states to make sure he overload his vehicle, just signal d company, and they are ready to buy. Because you are not d only one they are buying from and they don't deal in only one produce, they can easily reach a point where they are ready to travel with truckload of different produce increasing circulation and crumbing wastage, then giving farmers value for their work (else the farmers will be at the local market, begging marketers to help them unless they'll incure total loss).

Still waiting for more contribution

Yinkash100:
Still waiting for more contribution

u modified d topic inorder to make my post irrelevant with the subject of discussion. Keep it up! Ur plan no go work

divineappo:
u modified d topic inorder to make my post irrelevant with the subject of discussion. Keep it up! Ur plan no go work

I need to change the topic in order to attract more readers and to change d first impression that I'm taking away the means of livlihood of thousands of family.

Besides ''ur plan no go work is not an encouragement''

Yinkash100:
I need to change the topic in order to attract more readers and to change d first impression that I'm taking away the means of livlihood of thousands of family.

Besides ''ur plan no go work is not an encouragement''

well, suit yourself