Seed on credit
Improved cassava cuttings and maize seed, repaid from the harvest.
Farmers programme
Good prices, agreed before planting.
Our outgrower programme links 2,100 smallholder farmers in Oyo and Osun to the mill. Seed and training on credit, a price agreed before planting, collection from the farm and payment within 48 hours.
- Farmers
- 2,100
- Women farmers
- 64 percent
- Paid within
- 48 hours
- Field officers
- 22
Buying prices
This week at the farm gate.
Prices for programme farmers, collected from the farm. Non members can deliver to Agodi at the gate price, 4 percent lower.
| Crop | Price | Since last week |
|---|---|---|
| Cassava roots, per tonne | ₦118,000 | Up ₦2,000 |
| Yellow maize, per tonne | ₦615,000 | Down ₦10,000 |
| White maize, per tonne | ₦598,000 | No change |
| Dried yam chips, per tonne | ₦860,000 | Up ₦15,000 |
| Soya beans, per tonne | ₦702,000 | Up ₦6,000 |
| Unripe plantain, per tonne | ₦240,000 | No change |
Example rates for this demo, updated every Monday.
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Faces of the programme.
Most of our farmers work two to five hectares. The programme gives them a buyer they can plan around, and gives us crops we can trace to a field.
What members get
Six things, in writing.
Training
Field schools every month with our 22 field officers.
Price before planting
A minimum price agreed before you plant, raised if the market rises.
Farm gate collection
Our trucks collect within three days of harvest.
Paid in 48 hours
By bank transfer to your own account, with a text message receipt.
A phone line
Our farmer line answers in Yoruba, Pidgin and English.
Join the programme
Register your interest.
Thank you, we will visit.
A field officer will call you within a week to arrange a farm visit.
Your enquiry goes straight to the team’s COVORN dashboard, so the right desk at Agodi picks it up within one working day. Reference noted.
Example details for this demo. Nothing has been sent anywhere.
Farmer questions
Contracts and payment.
Do I have to sell everything to Granary?
No. You agree a quantity. Anything above it you can sell anywhere.
What if the market price is higher at harvest?
We pay the higher of the agreed price and the market price that week.
What if my crop fails?
Seed credit is rolled over to the next season, without interest.
Do I need a bank account?
Yes, in your own name. Our officers can help you open one.
Next
Selling crops in bulk?
Aggregators and cooperatives can supply the mill directly.