Agtrade

Location: South-East Region

Jobs: Market price  Data Collection

Harsco Medicomms partnered with Agtrade, an agritech organization reshaping African food systems by enabling price transparency and better storage solutions right at the farm gate. Agtrade hired our student volunteer team to carry out an essential project: collecting daily food market prices from the main markets across Southeastern Nigeria.

For one month, our team of dedicated student volunteers worked across the region, visiting major food markets to gather real-time price information on staple foods. Each day, they documented the prices of key items, providing Agtrade with the data needed to establish accurate, transparent pricing information that supports their goal of building fairer, tech-driven agricultural systems.

Our student volunteers were at the heart of this project, gaining valuable real-world experience while contributing to a larger mission. Every day, they interacted with market vendors, observed the ebb and flow of food prices, and saw first-hand how market dynamics affect the cost of food. This experience not only benefited Agtrade but also gave our volunteers insights into the challenges and opportunities within the food market system.