Empowering local stakeholders by creating self-sustaining, local agricultural input markets that are uniquely scalable

What makes VIF different is its innovative approach to maximizing scalability by integrating and enhancing market organization principles. Fairs require no liquidity and incur minimal supply, demand, and organizing costs. Further, the VIF model promotes sustainability by empowering existing market players to help build resilient local supply.

Model Principles

  • These fairs are organized in the post-harvest season unlike others that are planned right before planting. This helps farmers and ag-dealers plan for the upcoming season.

  • There is assured delivery of inputs and an increased trust in farmer-ag-dealer transactions.

  • Interlinked transactions among the three primary participants in the market (farmer, ag-dealer and MFI) increases accountability among all.

Our Differentiators

VIFF does market research, organizes supply, and builds markets

Farmers and local input dealers organize independently for orders, payments and logistics