Nairobi, 14th July, 2014. Presentation by Pierre le Grange (Vestfarm) at the "Plug and Play" day, Fin4Ag conference.

1. Presenters:
Pierre le Grange
William Malan
2014-07-14

2. The Concept
• Improving the lives of smallholder farmers:
• Involve Smallholder Farmers in the Farming Value Chain
• Reduce Input Costs & Improve Profitability
• Give Farmers Access to Farming Best Practices
• Improve Bargaining Power of the Farmers
• Strategic Supplier Relationships
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3. The VESTFARM System
• Unique Farmer Management System
• Closed-Loop Electronic Payment System
• Farming Value Chain Optimisation
• Aggregation of Farmers and Farming Organisations
• Economies of Scale when Purchasing Inputs
• Credit Management and Control Farmer Spend
• Management of Donor Funds to Beneficiaries
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4. Farmer Management System
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5. Closed Loop Payment Platform
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6. Farming Value Chain Optimisation
Adding Value in the Farming Value chain:
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7. Farming Value Chain Optimisation
Adding Value in the Farming Value chain:
- Supplier Relationships (Value Add)
- Planning and On-time Deliveries
- Lower Prices for Inputs
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8. Farming Value Chain Optimisation
Adding Value in the Farming Value chain:
- Greater Access to Information
- Better Production Processes
- Greater Yields
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9. Farming Value Chain Optimisation
Adding Value in the Farming Value chain:
- Mechanisation
- Increased Productivity
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10. Farming Value Chain Optimisation
Adding Value in the Farming Value chain:
- Better Quality Yields
- Negotiated Off-Taker Agreements
- Better Selling Prices & Profits
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11. Farming Value Chain Optimisation
Adding Value in the Farming Value chain:
- Grading and Sorting of Produce
- Warehousing
- Transportation
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12. Economies of Scale
- Aggregation of Farmers
- Bargaining Power
- Preferred Suppliers
- Supplier Agreements
LOWER INPUT PRICES
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13. Credit and Donor Funds
• Control Spending:
• Management of Credit and Production Loans to Farmer
• Manage Donor funds from Benefactor to Beneficiary
• Reporting
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14. Applications
• Applications of the Farmer Management System:
• Capturing of Farmer Information
• Centralised Communication Platform through SMS
• Membership Management
• Management of Farmer/Production Loans
• Management of Donor Funding to Beneficiaries
• Payment Platform
• Deliveries of Farming Produce
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15. Agricultural Finance
• Making Smallholder Farmers Attractive for Finance
• One Farmer vs. a Farmer Organisation
• The Farmer Organisation’s Plays Important Role
• Group Lending
• Paying back loans (Savings)
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16. Transaction Capabilities
• Card Transactions with POS Device
• SMS Transactions
• Card Not Present Transactions
• Back Office Transactions
• Batch File Processing
• Third Party System Integration
(Banks, ATMs, Retail Point of Sales)
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17. Completing an SMS Transaction
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18. Completing a Delivery
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19. Implementation
• What Does It Take To Implement this System:
• Understand Your Business Processes
• Value Chain
• Stakeholders
• Performance Monitoring of the Value Chain and
Stakeholders
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