Agriculture is as old as civilization and sometimes its processes can look rather archaic. However, new technologies, new practises and new management tools are becoming more accessible in agroindustry just like in any other sector. In 2017, Amit Vaghasiya & Monika Gumbytė founded Agroclear, an independent marketplace helping farmers and buyers trade online. The online platform is helping increase transparency and bringing buyers and sellers closer together by eliminating the need for middlemen in trade. By levelling the playing field for all producers, organic and certified ecological growers are seeing an emerging opportunity to become more competitive and promote their produce independently. In addition, Nextrade, the parent company founded by the same team, provides business management tools for agribusinesses. By supporting individual agribusinesses to overcome bottlenecks in their operations, improvements made in Agroclear’s platform benefit the whole industry.
This storymap is a part of the BeUBio storymap series young people whose business ideas, jobs and other activities lead the way towards a different and more sustainable economic path. With a variety of different examples, young people from across the Baltic Sea Region, inspire new ways of making business while having a positive impact to the environment and society. The overall aim is to build a community of like-minded people, by sharing our stories and inspiring each other.
This initiative comes from the BeUBio project, a collaboration between different partners across the Baltic Sea Region pushing for youth participation in the transition to a bio-based economy, and create synergies with other actors and initiatives addressing the SDGs.
