Cutting down post-harvest losses
Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya, face a significant problem known as ‚post-harvest loss.‘ Depending on the specific crop and location, these losses can be as high as 50%. This means that a substantial portion of the food produced in Africa goes to waste every day, year after year, before it can reach those who need it. You can imagine the consequences.
The reasons behind this issue are quite complex.
GlobalSouth is reducing this food loss and while we’re doing so, we’re putting more money into farmer’s pockets. We’re not only addressing the problem of food loss but also helping farmers tackle a variety of other daily challenges they encounter.
Making farming effective and efficient
1.
Cooperation with smallholder farmers
GlobalSouth forges strong partnerships with smallholder farmers around each location. We help these farmers set up cooperatives, which empower them to enhance their farming techniques and productivity.
When it’s time to plant, we supply them with high-quality seeds, essential fertilizers, and crop protection during the growth phase. We also share vital agricultural knowledge in close collaboration with the farmers.
2.
Sales & Marketing for smallholder farmers
After successfully boosting yields, and once the farmers have completed their harvest, GlobalSouth offers access to cold storage facilities. These facilities allow the crops to be stored for an extended period, waiting for a good market.
Through active marketing, we support our smallholders to secure the best prices in both domestic and global markets.
Finally, we organize the entire logistics from the farmers to the customers.
3.
Education of smallholder farmers
While we we continually expand the number of locations and increasing the number of connected farmers and their productivity, we are also continuously training those smallholders who are already connected to us.
We train our farmers to apply methods of regenerative agriculture and other good agricultural practices (GAP), such as crop rotation among many others.
Eventually, GlobalSouth provides training on using mechanization.
Philosophy
GlobalSouth’s DNA: SDGs and ESG Aligned
We firmly believe that ’sustainability‘ is an ever-relevant and essential concept, even though it might seem overused. However, it perfectly captures the core values at the heart of GlobalSouth.
At GlobalSouth, sustainability is not just an afterthought in our annual reports; it’s the driving force behind our entire business model, thoroughly aligned with the empowering vision of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the most stringent Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards.
At every stage of our value chains, we actively and indirectly contribute to the broad spectrum of the United Nations‘ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) given below.
We see this as a thrilling opportunity to make a positive impact and create a better future.
Who are WE?
We strongly believe Africa has immense potential to become a leading food exporter thanks to its agricultural resources. However many African countries import a significant amount of food due to several reasons – in which we see Global South´s chance to create impact.
Since 2023 we were able to achieve important milestones.
After experience in the corporate and tech start-up world, founder and CEO Thomas Behrens was committed to building something impactful. Together with a highly motivated and educated team in Kenia onsite he shapes the core mission of Global South.
This is just the beginning – continiously developing the main pillars of Global South´s vision: regenerative farming, seed production, cold storage and solar energy.
2023
We launch operations in Nakuru County, starting with our own farm and pilot tests with two farmer cooperatives. First harvests are completed in August, lead by our ten-person team onsite. Two long-term processor agreements are signed and initial revenues are generated.
2024
Customer demand volume doubles, which we see as proof-of-concept for our model’s scalability.
With our license obtained as a certified seed merchant we are now able to provide certified seeds to our farmers. At this point we are working with 97 farmers in total.
2025
In cooperation with the county government of Nyandarua we are able to expand our activities into a new region.
A new cold storage technology is being identified, that offers potential for improving the efficiency of post-harvest handling.
Our current efforts are focused on developing two Agri-Hubs and expanding seed production.
Upcoming
Signing an agreement with the Nyandarua county government: we get access to a first cold storage facility and start supporting potato farmers in the county.
Additionally we are getting ready to participate in a programme (more to come soon) which enables us to onboard additional farmer groups.
Our Team
Dr. Thomas Behrens
Co-Founder & CEO
20+ years of entrepreneurial experience, co-founded and managed two tech start-ups. Successful career at Porsche AG.
Joab Ngai
Managing Director Kenya
15+ years of entrepreneurial experience, founded two startups one in tech and one in management consultancy.
Geoffrey Chege
Technical Director Kenya
15+ years of experience in information technology. Former Managing Director Fawaki Fresh Pack International Ltd.
Francisca Tanui
Agronomist & Farmer Group Trainer
5+ years of experience in potato seed production, ware potato cultivation and farm management
Sammy Nderitu
Agronomist & Farmer Group Trainer
5+ years of experience in ware potato cultivation among many other cash crops and herbs and farm management
Contact us!
We invite you to reach out and be part of our journey at GlobalSouth. Join us in making a meaningful impact by supporting our borad sustainable approach in Africa.
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