Deal #7682

Through JI, Agilis aggregates grains and oilseeds from Asili Farms and smallholder farmers. JI supplies food manufacturers, aid markets and protein producers.

JI plans to use its established village collection centre network to provide extended services for smallholders such as the provision of fertilizer, pesticides and improved hybrid seed material coupled with seasonal loans extended by local Financial Institutions who show interest to expand into agricultural lending. (JI) takes an integrated approach to trading, combining rural collection centres with village buying agents to collect maize in small quantities from remote farmers and making payments to them on the spot

JI launched operations during the January 2013 harvest season.

In 2016, 13,000 smallholder farmers delivered maize to the companies village outlets for bulking and processing. In 2018, Joseph Initiative with Asili Farms, trained more than 3,500 farmers. These farmers were subsequently integrated into the 15,000 farmers’ supply network.