“Best Agro”: a community of agro practitioners on a single online platform

A project that brought together the best agricultural practices of MSMEs and the progressive Ukrainian business community.

The Best Agro project for agro-practitioners of micro, small and medium enterprises was created as a communication platform between those who implement modern approaches, technologies and their potential followers.

The project provides information and promotional support to MSMEs (ed. Micro, small and medium enterprises) and rural residents who are developing, improving or planning to establish agricultural production through the use of Internet technologies, social networks, educational webinars, online and offline meetings, conferences regarding the best agricultural developments, technological know-how, competitions, fairs, etc.

The project accumulates and systematizes knowledge and information on the latest agricultural developments, technological know-how, business models, eco-friendly and / or organic production technologies in the fruit and vegetable sector, livestock, aquaculture, poultry (except chickens), confectionery and craft products and provides access to it for all interested persons.

There is an active constant media support of the project participants through Facebook, Youtube, Telegram, Instagram and mass media - it allows to bring more useful information to a wide range of micro, small and medium producers. Thus, it inspires and gives impetus to project participants and entrepreneurs interested in development to implement effective new agricultural practices in their own farms.

“BestAgro” has three main tasks:

TELL ABOUT FARMERS SUPPORT FARMERS UNITE FARMERS AROUND TECHNOLOGIES

to tell about farmers who use unique agricultural technologies and successfully organize all processes to support those who are ready to adopt experience and implement technologies in their production to unite farmers around innovative ideas in the management process

The online platform should become a communication platform between those who implement modern approaches and technologies and their potential followers. There are many examples where interesting ideas and databases that have been created as part of technical assistance have not been continued. Sites were closed, databases disappeared - information was lost. And all this because those models were not sustainable and worked exclusively within certain projects, so they did not find a sequel. That is why the project team plans to create a business model that would support and earn money on its own. The aim was to help small MSMEs to develop and constantly receive the necessary information.

An important condition for the success of the project is the condition that this model can provide for itself and continue to exist effectively even after the completion of the project.

To join the project you need to fill out a form:

Questionnaire link

The project to create such an online platform is being implemented by the National Association of Agricultural Advisory Services of Ukraine with the support of the USAID Agricultural and Rural Development Program (AGRO).

Selection criteria for project participants:

Innovation is the novelty of agricultural practice (method, system, technology, model, know-how, etc.) and its justification;

Effectiveness is the degree of achievement of goals; productivity of innovative educational practice; measure of satisfaction of the interests of the participants of the practice.

Efficiency is the ability to achieve better results at lower cost through the introduction of agricultural practices.

Reproducibility of results is the ability to reproduce an established practice in another context or place.

The purpose is the usefulness of agricultural practice for micro, small and medium-sized agricultural producers.

Scope - is the use of agricultural practices in the fruit and vegetable sector, livestock, aquaculture, poultry (except chickens), confectionery and craft products.

Openness is a confirmed in a certain way the desire of the owner of agricultural practice to share it with other market participants.

Confirmation of the introduction of the effect (reduction of costs in the production process; increasing the profitability of management; reducing the negative impact on the environment, etc.).

* The publication was made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Agricultural and Rural Development Program (AGRO), implemented by Chemonics International. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and does not necessarily reflect the views of the United States or the United States Government. More about the USAID Agricultural and Rural Development Program (AGRO): https://www.facebook.com/usaid.agro/

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“Best Agro”: a community of agro practitioners on a single online platform

A project that brought together the best agricultural practices of MSMEs and the progressive Ukrainian business community.

“BestAgro” has three main tasks:

To join the project you need to fill out a form:

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