Uber is a technology platform that connect driver with passengers who need a ride, this is company that is making billons but they don’t have cars . Airbnb is an online marketplace which lets people rent out their properties or spare rooms to guests. Airbnb takes 3% commission of every booking from hosts, and between 6% and 12% from guests. Now uber and Airbnb don’t have cars or hotels, rooms but there are using a model which we can use with the millions of hectares of farm land that is laying waste.
Farming communities has some crops that have specialized in or you know farmers in you community which you can engage their services .
What you need to do is to arrange tripartite deal between the investor, the farmer and yourself. The ideal here is to use the farmers to farm for the investor. So you are the chairman in these transaction.
Before you undertake all this you must understand what you want to plant , you must have a good grip of what you are planting. There is a place of research, this where your business plan comes in, it should show what your margins would be , the risk associated with this transaction and what the sharing formula will be. Secondly you should be able to run the numbers this is vital as this is what you will show to the investors. Your strategy should be start to finish, that is from land sourcing, planting, farm management ,harvesting and marketing .
The next question will be how to get investors? The answer is simple , the phone in your hand has all the contact that you need for a start, contact from your Whatsapp not forgetting the contact in your Facebook. Your members in church or Mosques. Write them a proposal and you are ready to start .
Remember that there is a place for legal protection . All Parties must be ready to sign into this as an investment. So a legal counsel must be bought into to provide a legal perspective.
Finally, as someone who has used this model before, I can help with the business strategy, business plan and the likely crops that you can go into. contact me on this number , call or text 08160233111