FarmersConnect

Farmers Connect calls on the logistics industry for support in reducing food waste and hunger.:

Farmers Connect, a leading agrifood supply entry, is drawing attention to the critical role of logistics in reducing food waste and hunger. With over 1.3 million tonnes of edible food wasted annually, while 15 million people are on the spectrum of food vulnerability, Farmers Connect is working to bridge the gap by rescuing food from farms and distributing.

An urgent need has arisen to transport foods from farms to communities for consumption and affordable, support orphanages and charity.

Nelson Mandela, Head of marketing / projects of Farmers Connect says, donation of the fruit is just one piece of the food rescue puzzle. It is a massive logistical undertaking to transport tonnes of fruit every week from farms to consuming market and charity. We are calling on the logistics and transport industry to support us in ensuring that these foods reaches orphanages and markets. We are grateful to have secured support from an NGO (4H Ghana), who are providing truck for the first 20 weeks of this joint venture in food supply, and from mini plast, who have supplied crates.

Nelson Mandela explains that the bulk of food loss and waste is associated with processing and packaging, with 49% lost, followed by 19% lost during the post-harvest handling and storage phase.
Farmers Connect supplies seeds and fertilizers to farmers (on credit) and buyback produce package and supply to consumers. Farmers Connect works with farmers, manufacturers and retailers to rescue this food and redirect it to charity and beneficiaries who convert it into nutritious meals.

Logistics plays a crucial role in Farmers Connect food rescue operations, from coordinating with food donors to collecting and transporting surplus food to ensuring the safe and efficient distribution of the food to local community organizations and charities.

Our database driven website farmersconnect.net platform is being built to enhance the logistics capability, which will help maximize the efficiency of the entire food rescue supply chain.The platform will allow for knowledge and data sharing with NGOs and other key stakeholders and bring about the collaboration needed to build solutions. This empowers how we tackle the problem of food waste and eventually scale sufficiently for our industry to be more effective.

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Moroccan government cancels value-added tax on agricultural products:

Yesterday, the Moroccan government adopted a decree cancelling the value-added tax on agricultural inputs, seeking to help lower prices of fresh produce and other agrifoods. In the African country, food inflation jumped to 20.1% in February, bringing general inflation to 10.1%, a level unmatched since the 1980s.

The measure is in line with efforts to "stem the sources of inflation and higher prices both for farm produce and for agrifood products.

Why can't Ghana do same for poor farmers??

The demand for transportation and warehousing and at a time in which the supply chain faces challenges, “In joining forces with farmers connect, we have opportunity to alleviate the impact of those challenges for customers. Drive shortages to deliver a product from farm to the consumer.

“Deepening our relationship with you will bring innovation that furthers our purpose of transforming the food supply chain to reduce waste and help feed the everyone.