The 39 specialised services

Digital solutions for managing, tracking and steering a farm or processing unit — from a simple mobile app to fully integrated management tools. The technology backbone that traceability and monitoring rely on.

Tracking the product from farm or livestock to market — codes, labelling, records. A condition for access to formal markets and export certifications (EUDR, GLOBALGAP).

Real-time performance monitoring — sensors, dashboards, alerts — to steer operations and reassure financiers.

Price and volume tracking, market watch, sector statistics, market studies and commercial decision support.

Hands-on technical advice — crop protocols, herd management, farm management — and strategic support for the project holder, from the idea through to a cruising-speed operation.

Building the skills of teams and producers — technical practice, management, quality. A condition for a project's lasting performance.

Technical design and works supervision of installations — buildings, processing units, infrastructure — from blueprint to handover and commissioning. Carrying out the works belongs to DS.S21.

Quality analysis and testing of products, inputs and soils. A condition for certification and access to demanding markets.

Feasibility studies, diagnostics, technical audits and environmental and social impact assessments ahead of an investment or financing decision.

Supply of certified seeds and planting material, fertilisers, crop-protection products, animal and fish feed, day-old chicks and fingerlings, veterinary products — with usage advice.

Veterinary care, vaccination, disease prevention, health monitoring of herds and fish farms, sanitary inspection.

Plant-health diagnosis, integrated pest and disease management, treatments (including by drone), residue management.

Mechanised contract services: land clearing, ploughing, sowing, spraying, harvesting, threshing, on-farm haulage.

Sale, hire and installation of farm and livestock equipment, processing and packaging lines, and refrigeration equipment.

Construction of farm buildings, storage warehouses, access tracks, boreholes, fencing and irrigation schemes.

Electrification, solar and biogas solutions, pumping, irrigation and water management for production, cooling and processing.

Preventive maintenance, repair, spare parts and after-sales service for machinery, equipment and facilities.

Collection and consolidation, road and specialised transport, dry storage, silos, cold chain and cold stores.

Freight forwarding, shipping agency, customs and documentary formalities for import and export.

Access to buyers: trading, brokerage, purchasing centres, wholesale markets, retail, e-commerce, B2B matchmaking and sourcing.

Achieving compliance and obtaining the labels and certifications (organic, GLOBALGAP, HACCP, origin) that open access to premium markets and export.

Regulatory and standards compliance — sanitary, environmental, customs — and control inspections before shipment or market release. A condition for access to formal markets and structured financing.

Sourcing and structuring agricultural, livestock and industrial labour, temporary or permanent — temporary staff, seasonal crews, organised labour groups. Mechanised contract work belongs to DS.S19.

Incubation, acceleration and mentoring for agri-food project holders and start-ups.

Seasonal, working-capital and investment loans, savings and equity, provided by banks, microfinance institutions and investment funds. Preparing the financing file itself belongs to XP-NOVA's support services (services catalogue).

Coverage of agricultural, livestock and industrial risks — harvest, herd, processing unit — including weather-index insurance and micro-insurance, to secure the investment and its financiers.

Credit guarantees, leasing, warehouse-receipt finance, factoring, crop pre-financing and concessional finance.

Mobile payments, fund collection and transfers, e-wallets, producer payments and digital credit.

Collection and recovery of farm, livestock and processing effluents, waste and by-products: compost, biogas, animal feed.

Reforestation and agroforestry projects, carbon credits, measurement-reporting-verification (MRV) and payments for ecosystem services.

Securing, mapping and developing land — surveying, titles, geographic information systems, site servicing, land reserves and agro-parks. The first condition for a project's bankability.

Legal structuring of the project — bylaws, contracts, notarial deeds, intellectual property —, advice and litigation, and securing relationships with partners and financiers. Accounting and tax belong to DS.S31, mediation to DS.S32.

Bookkeeping, financial statements, tax, statutory filings and management control for value-chain businesses.

Amicable or arbitral resolution of commercial, land and contractual disputes between value-chain actors.

Grants, calls for proposals, sector programmes, non-repayable funding and technical assistance from government, local authorities and development partners.

Professional approvals, operating permits, product registration, filings and administrative formalities, including through one-stop shops.

Public extension services, dissemination of techniques, organisation of producer groups and collective value-chain support.

Applied research, improved plant and animal genetics, trials, technology transfer and research partnerships.

Collective representation, advocacy, chamber services, member information, trade fairs and inter-professional coordination.