Data and insights to scale effective service delivery to smallholders

Whether you are looking to improve existing relations with farmers, or planning new ones, Farmfit Business Support facilitates the journey

Farmfit Business Support is based on a data-driven methodology which analyzes smallholder engagement strategies across value chains, sectors and geographies. The methodology helps businesses understand the conditions that services provided to smallholder farmers (such as training, access to inputs, finance and information), can be efficient and cost-effective, with a sustainable return on investment.

With over 50+ models of smallholder service delivery analyzed, in 20 counties, the Farmfit methodology has collected key insights on best practices and the drivers for farmer resilience and business sustainability. These insights enable farmers, service providers and investors to make smarter decisions for profitable smallholder farming.

Our analytic tool reveals the economic viability and effectiveness of your service delivery to smallholders. It allows you to compare your business model and the specific farmer services offered to those of your peers. And provides a snapshot of your model’s costs and services, creating a new basis for decision-making and innovation.

Using the initial data collected, we then guide and support you in trialing new service delivery models. As projects are often innovative and innately risky, grant funding is sometimes required for a portion of the project. Therefore, co-funding and support are available for project set-up and implementation.

We provide blended finance and act as a neutral broker on your behalf, to take you your service delivery model to scale.  We match-make your financing needs to the most suitable investors and support in deal preparation, design and monitoring and evaluation over time.

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Have a look at individual company analyses

  • 28 Sep 2023

    Inclusive Business Model Analysis: PAPL, India

    India is the largest producer of cotton globally. It makes up around 59% of the raw material consumption in the Indian textile industry. It plays a major role in sustaining…

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    Inclusive Business Model Analysis: PAPL, India
  • 19 Sep 2023

    Inclusive Business Model Analysis: Kutas Food Group, Turkey

    Kutas Food Group is a Turkish company with operations in the herbs and spices value chain. The company is part of the Sustainable Spices Initiative. The initiative has the objective…

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    Inclusive Business Model Analysis: Kutas Food Group, Turkey
  • 18 Aug 2023

    SDM Case Study: Griffin Services, Zambia

    Zambia covers 75 million hectares out of which 58 percent (42 million hectares) is classified as medium-to high-potential for agriculture production. Despite only 15% of this land being under cultivation,…

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    SDM Case Study: Griffin Services, Zambia

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