Food for Us: Trial of a mobile phone application to trade on-farm surplus food in South Africa

We are proud of have trialed an app with communities that are often technically illiterate, and through the exercise identified passionate community intermediaries who saw value in using the app and garnering uptake of users in their community. Whilst it took longer than anticipated to develop and stabilise the app, those who use the app mentioned how it had opened up their immediate food network, and access to market. The concept of the app is widely held as good example of providing access to nutritious surplus food in a country where poor nutrition and food insecurity is a significant issue. Both government and retailers are interest in pursuing the use of the app.