Project Harvestline
Supply and financing infrastructure for smallholder farming networks.
Problem
Smallholder farmers lose value between harvest and market through poor storage, logistics and access to finance.
Opportunity
Coordinate aggregation, storage and buyer demand digitally, and use that data to unlock working capital.
Research
Field research with farmer cooperatives and buyers; logistics cost modelling.
Product
Cooperative platform for aggregation, storage booking and buyer contracts.
Technology
Low-bandwidth mobile app, USSD access and data-driven credit scoring.
Current stage
Prototype
Product preview
Team
Built by the Mindshuttle Labs venture team with specialist advisers. Team profiles are shared as the venture approaches launch.
Updates
- Prototype in testing with a pilot cooperative