Opportunity BasketSmallholder farmers lose 30-50% of perishable crops between harvest and market due to inadequate storage and logistics
Smallholder farmers in developing regions (particularly Africa) experience massive financial losses when fruits and vegetables spoil during storage and transportation to markets. Current solutions lack integration—farmers have no reliable way to coordinate cold storage, transport timing, and buyer connections simultaneously, forcing them to accept whatever price middlemen offer or watch their harvest rot.
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Overall Score: 21.8%
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Payment Type Saas
Payment intent for saas: platform
From: SankofaFresh uses technology to cut post-harvest losses and connect farmers to markets
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Ghanaian food-systems technology platform SankofaFresh is seeking to tackle one of agriculture’s most persistent challenges by reducing post-harvest losses and connecting smallholder farmers to more reliable markets. Across the world, an estimated 30 to 50 per cent of fruits and vegetables are lost ...
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Problem Details
- Category
- agriculture
- Pain Keywords
- post-harvest losses, perishable crop spoilage, storage infrastructure, market access, supply chain coordination, farmer income loss
- Signals Collected
- 1
- Created
- 2026-08-28 20:48