Agri Farmer Centre

During my 11 years in the grain and cereals industry, I realized the role played by smallholder farmers but the outcome of they get from farming is not near the effort they invest. I founded Agri Farmer Centre as a social enterprise with objective of buying maize and beans from these vulnerable farmers by contracting their cooperatives/associations as my suppliers. I was providing them a price that is 10% better than what the market was offering and still I was making my margins. I started with 3 women cooperatives in the eastern province of Rwanda and now I have 9 contracted cooperatives that cover 34% of our raw materials supply. AGRIFACE recognizes the importance of having healthier suppliers and that is why we sell back both fortified maize meal and porridge flour to our farmers at a discounted price (4 - 7%). We want to build an inclusive business to compete with other actors in the EAC market.