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How might an online platform enable Sunway XFarms’ agri-preneurs to access international markets and manage a cross-border supply chain?

Background/Context

Sunway XFarms is an urban agricultural company which uses soil-less smart farming systems to grow produce in decentralised urban farms equipped with smart IoT and proprietary precision farming technologies.  Its mission is to operate and scale sustainable farms that are close to consumers, thus reducing carbon footprint, wastage and nutrition lost through the complex food supply chain.

Sunway XFarms works with smallholder farmers, who find it challenging to directly engage distributors and arrange for export of their produce to international markets. These "agri-preneurs" have to stitch together multiple solutions to cover the length of the chain, which makes it inefficient and expensive.

Objective

How might an online platform enable Sunway XFarms' agri-preneurs to access international markets and manage a cross-border supply chain?

Solution

Sunway XFarms is looking for an end-to-end solution that:

  • Provides a marketplace for the farmers to sell their produce

  • Enables international payments

  • Is equipped with trade statistics intelligence to enable the farmers to make better business decisions in response to international market demand and growth patterns

Additional Information

Ideally, the solution provider would handle quick food safety testing and digital certifications recognised by international food authorities; and cross-border deliveries.  These could be fulfilled by a partner, as part of an all-in-one package offered by the solution provider.

Sunway XFarms is scaling up its presence in Iskandar in Malaysia's Johor state, right across the border from Singapore. The solution will help the farmers in Iskandar (and with the possibility of other locations in Malaysia) access a bigger market that includes Singapore.

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