Rurapp projects bring a comprehensive view of the clean sustainable food marketplace with a fully integrated end-to-end solution for farmers, value processors, traders and other buyers to tap into new food supply opportunities and a broader market base in agricultural commodities. The primary vision and guiding principal for Rurapp projects is to help create a clean, sustainable, food communities that create […]
Rurapp is Project based food authenticity and traceability & trade solution for farmers, processors and buyers. The specific purpose of the solution is to connect farmers and logistics systems with technology and link farmer value chain trade opportunities. Full logistics and Quality control efficiency is achieved via Project management intelligent database software. The intelligent database […]
Rurapp Projects can be initiated by organisations along the entire food supply chain including farmers, industry processors, brand manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, large and smaller businesses. A consensus-driven, community rule based approach has allowed multi-stakeholder Project groups to identify efficient project parameters that positively influence the whole food supply chain. This is achieved via Rurapp data […]
An organic approach to industrial farming can help make large-scale modern farming practices more sustainable. Considering that it is expected that world population will reach nearly 10 billion by year 2050, the debate over how to sustainable farming to feed such a multitude of people without destroying the Earth has emerged as one of the most important […]
Can we reverse climate change by farming organically? Returning stable carbon to the soil is a tonic that can support ecological abundance. There is growing scientific evidence that regenerative agriculture can comfortably feed the growing human population while repairing our damaged ecosystem. The question being answered is Can Organic Farming Counteract Carbon Emissions? Humans have traditionally farmed with […]
Rurapp Inc has taken the “internet of things” to the rural trade sector. Rurapp projects are being commenced in various developing and developed countries and each project has a unique combination of farmer growers, processors and buyers often situated in various parts of the world, all linked via the Internet of Things. The collaboration of […]
By definition the part time nature, unpredictable yields per forager harvester, vast geographic spread of potential foragers on a single project means that Rurapp is a perfect focus point for the USA and a long term benefit will be attained by successfully subscribing forager / wild crafters to the Rurapp membership program.
“Squeezed” is the first of four annual reports that will assess the impact of high and volatile food prices on the well-being of urban and rural communities in ten countries: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan, Vietnam and Zambia “Dramatic changes in the workforce occur as people are forced out of agriculture into riskier but better paid […]
As market operations become more concentrated and globalized, small farmers have been coming to be at risk of being excluded from the economy. Rurapp has the available M2M and software tools that enable farmers and their value adding chain to lower transaction costs and therefore remain competitive. With RurApp, small farmers in developing countries can […]
The basic definitions of the vertical and horizontal value chain, as established by Porter (1985), are important to our analysis. Agents in the vertical value chain, where different points in the production and marketing processes are interlinked, are both suppliers and customers. Evidence also indicated that a signifcant share of the attendees at Taraco’s fair […]
See below for the 2014 Food Price Index:
