One of the biggest challenges in Nigeria/Africa’s food trade system with the world is the lack of organized systems that facilitate food trade. Lack of organized systems has deprived stakeholders’ information to have successful agri-food import and export. This leads to pieces of fragmented efforts by stakeholders denying them access to the right market, packaging requirements, quality requirements, warehousing, trade rules among other requirements.

The project is an initiative of JR Farms Limited. JR Farms is multilateral agribusiness company with cross-border operations; over the past 10 years, JR Farms has gathered thematic exposure and experiences working with global partners, governments, farmers, private sector among other food systems stakeholders. The platform is implemented in partnership with Craftal Labs - a leading IT component, French Embassy Nigeria and Stanbic IBTC Zest Platform providing the payment gateway services.