Welcome to the internet of things for rural farmers in remote places and their clean food enthusiast potential consumers worldwide. Over a decade ago, one of the Co-Founders of RurApp Inc, Simon Agius,  was given a mission by the Chiefs of various remote villages in the South Pacific Nation of Vanuatu to find them sustainable trade deals for their fruit, vegetables and organic raw materials such that they could enrich their lives to access better sanitation, housing, agricultural tools and education and, most importantly of all, create a purpose for their young family members to be professional farmers and participate in value adding opportunities.

However, the trade problem the Chiefs faced had nothing to do with how marketable the delicious and nutritious the bio-organic fruit and vegetables from the volcanic soils of the South Pacific are. It is obvious that the reason that these, and tens of millions of farmers worldwide could not get valuable trade deals with the world came down to Economics 101. Fundamentally, the supply capacity was restricted by logistics. Much of the logistics cost is related to the small holder status of the farmers. Think about the costs of doing business with one 5000 hectare farmer versus 1000 x 5 hectare farmers. RurApp was founded to lower these costs & economies of scale restrictions such that smallholder farmers in the most remote, rural locations can trade within the global economy.

Fast forward ten years and now, the entire internet and many industries  is now talking about the importance of sourcing from clean, organic, nutrient rich soils and so forth, but few have stopped and pondered the question, WHY? Why, in the past century, much of the G20 nations transformed from small holder to huge, industrialized farms. The answer is efficiency! So, while the world has been talking about the importance of clean sourcing, RurApp has created an integrated smart platform that finally makes small holder farming & associated value chains efficient.

RurApp trade is driven by community and partnerships. We share our tools, resources, management and experience with partners for a mutually beneficial and profitable relationship. In most cases trade is driven by specific projects.

For Farmers; Now, with a simple SMS enabled mobile phone, farmers anywhere can accept trades for their produce and be intelligently alerted regarding all facets of the farm to market logistics.

For Brands, manufacturers and agricultural traders; RurApp has now released these proprietary technology tools to enhance the capacity & market accessibility for rural farmer trade worldwide, especially for smallholders.

For Consumers:  Every day working families in cities across the world face predicament every time they shop! Buy organic at premium prices or not? RurApp has made it simple for companies to access remote farmers so they provide more choices in produce from clean food soils to their health conscious consumers.

RurApp can be licensed to be used as a PAAS (Platform as a Servce) with all technology tools licensed to be used within a defined value chain. RurApp can work with and do value existing partnerships. So as to provide value add solutions to existing legacy infrastructure or economic models.

The license can be issued to any part of the supply chain and then forward or backward participants joined digitally to the licensees operation. Therefore, RurApp can be licensed to the farmers, processors, traders or the final consumer brand. The end consumer will delight in the traceability data provided whilst the farmers and processors gain from technology empowered efficiencies. By providing from manufacturer to consumer verification systems for supply chains, brands can eliminate any risk of consumer suspicion resulting from wider industry food authenticity scandals.

RurApp provides technical training and support but does not participate in any operational matters. All trade information, farmer memberships and other data remains proprietary to the licensee with complete confidentially and privacy assured.

This is where RurApp at some stage is directly involved in the trade.  The partner outsources part of the supply chain trade to RurApp so that we we can manage it with our logistics and traceability platform. This enables partners to have global access to extensive traceability, logistics and management of rural trade with food and natural products.

The key feature of the White label arrangement is that the front-end public functionality is generated rendering your brand name. For example, QR produce labels will show traceability data and promotional images of farmers and their environments with your brand. RurApp white label makes it simple to harness new supply chains all branded as your supply network and impress your customers with exciting new products and sources.

If you company is seeking clean ingredients from remote places, give us the challenge to source and trade on your behalf. By using the RurApp Projects platform once off or long term supply solutions can be facilitated. RurApp has an active database of farmers and value chain producers in many countries with under-utilized agricultural resources that can deliver these in demand consumer criteria;
• Grown without chemical Pesticides/Fertilizers
• Organic / Non-GMO
• NO Growth Hormones,
• NO Added Antibiotics, or Other Drugs
• Does Not Contain Artificial Ingredients
• Does Not Contain Preservatives
• Grown Sustainably

This is a trade based project where there is a focus on the humanitarian aspect for the farmer. The program allows farmers in rural developing countries to get a kick start to a sustainable income and thus ultimately a better quality of life.

The intent is to provide the following:
• Guidance on the globally profitable crop and  then the non GMO seed
• Education on the best practices to plant the crop
• After proof of being planted the farmer receives a portion of the payment up front
• There are yearly payments until the crop is yielded for final payments