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Plant on Demand: Helping small-scale organic farmers to thrive, sustainably

  • Spain
  • 13 min read
  • Nov 17, 2020
  • By Gareth Gardiner Jones

Creating sustainable food supply chains for local communities ©Plant on Demand

Plant on Demand will soon deploy product PODX’s “prescriptive” analytics to boost organic farmers’ productivity and prices, by optimizing future crop yields to match seasonal sales trends

The problem of food waste is a well-documented but still unresolved issue across the developed world, including in the fast-growing organic food sector. At the same time, two-thirds of the agricultural output come from small-scale producers selling in a fragmented market and with limited resources to secure the best prices. Their unsold produce often goes to waste, also because of inefficient distribution channels and cheaper foreign imports, resulting in many smallholdings needing government subsidies yearly to stay afloat.
These twin problems of limited market access and resulting food wa...

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STARTUPS Plant on Demand

Spain

Founders Alejandro Wonenburger García

Spain CCO and co-founder of Plant on Demand

Founders Santiago Corral Rodriguez

Spain COO and co-founder of Plant on Demand

Founders Ulises Vidal Sanz

Spain Co-founder and Data Scientist of Plant on Demand

Founders Sergi Roca Puertas

Spain CTO and co-founder of Plant on Demand

Founders Antonio Tripiana Caballero

Spain Co-founder and Solutions Architect of Plant on Demand

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