Thursday, January 1, 2009

What is the g+c- "sustainable contract farming network"

The g+c- "sustainable contract farming network" mission is to build, develop and support a worldwide network of small scale, distributed, sustainable farms that follow earth and environmental friendly farming practices. g+c- is providing sustainable farming infrastructure support, facilities, supply and trading, marketing, logistics etc to the network farms and a way to improve the margins for the farmers. By providing the advisory, tools, systems and support to small farmers and by facilitating sustainable food and energy production, supply and distribution to demand centers with minimal layers, g+c- is helping small scale farmers grow the quantity, quality and range of products, enabling them access to otherwise closed markets.

g+c- is working with multiple solution providers and its own in-house technology development for sustainable food and energy production solutions, all the while striving towards dropping the carbon footprint of the network. It believes that as the network is scaled up, connecting with more small to mid sized farms, the logistics will rapdily improve and distance to demand centers will drop. Also, it's easier to involve investors in projects involving biomass based energy production, food processing, value addition locally etc, as the network scale and size expands.