Farmers’ online market to connect farmers to buyers, create jobs

A new online market portal, Farmers Online Mar¬ket (FOM), seeks to connect thousands of small and large scale farmers to markets and create 22 million direct and indirect new jobs. The portal was launched in Abuja, promoted by private individuals and supported by some government agencies and banks. The Ex¬ecutive Director, FOM, Comrade Stephen Maduko, […]

A new online market portal, Farmers Online Mar¬ket (FOM), seeks to connect thousands of small and large scale farmers to markets and create 22 million direct and indirect new jobs.
The portal was launched in Abuja, promoted by private individuals and supported by some government agencies and banks.
The Ex¬ecutive Director, FOM, Comrade Stephen Maduko, explained that FOM is an online (web and mobile) based information exchange platform for connecting farmers and buyers of agricultural produce.
According to him, it is a B2B (Business to business model), and connects all stakeholders in the agro supply chain-farmers, buyers and their end suppliers, transporters and labour, into one information portal.
He said: “Nigeria is in a unique position to tap into the emerging global finance that would increas¬ingly promote sustainable develop¬ment through agriculture.”