FarmMate Out-Grower Scheme

You Grow It. We Buy It.

Grow tomatoes for FarmMate and sell your harvest at a guaranteed pre-agreed price, with technical support from planting to harvest.

Join the Scheme

Contracted farmer harvesting tomatoes into a crate

About the Program

FarmMate’s Out-Grower Scheme is a structured contract farming model that connects farmers to guaranteed markets through coordinated production, technical supervision and assured offtake. With over 3,000 contracted farmers across 10 regions, the scheme integrates standardized production protocols, quality assurance and staggered planting cycles to ensure consistent, year-round supply of quality agricultural produce.

Every grower signs a contract before planting, with an agreed planting date and a pre-agreed price. Our field officers support the farm through the season, and our grower services team collects the harvest in crates and brings it to the Legon Post-Harvest Hub, where the best grade is sold as CountryFresh fresh tomatoes and the rest becomes CountryFresh tomato puree.

Now recruiting for the dry season. We are looking for irrigated growers to plant from November to March, so fresh tomatoes reach Ghanaian tables when the country needs them most.

What You Get

Guaranteed Market

FarmMate buys every good-quality tomato you grow under contract, at the pre-agreed price.

Technical Support

FarmMate field officers and a standard production protocol, from land preparation to harvest.

Planned Planting

Staggered planting dates agreed with you, so your harvest arrives when the market needs it.

Collection in Crates

Our grower services team collects your harvest in crates, not sacks, so less of it is lost.

Quick Payment

You are paid soon after collection, on the terms in your contract.

Input Support for Groups

Community farmer groups can apply for inputs, crop insurance and technical help through CFEP.

Three Ways to Join

Community Farmer Groups

Smallholders who farm together as a community group or FBO. Groups can get input support through the Community Farming Enhancement Program (CFEP).

Commercial Growers

Private farms and agribusinesses with their own irrigation. You fund your own inputs, or buy them from FarmMate-approved agro-input suppliers and service providers, and sell your harvest to FarmMate.

Institutional Partners

Input dealers, farmer-based organisations and district assemblies that bring growers into the scheme. Partner with us.

Requirements

Who Can Join

Join the Scheme

At least three years’ experience growing tomatoes
Secure rights to the land for the full season
A full irrigation system with a reliable water source
Commercial growers: 5 acres or more
Community groups: 10 acres or more, farmed together
Follow the FarmMate production protocol
Commit the costs and resources your farm needs
Sign a contract with pre-agreed offtake prices and sell your harvest only to FarmMate

How to Join

1
Sign Up
Fill in the form below and tell us about your farm.
2
Screening Call
Our team calls you to check your experience, land, water source and acres.
3
Field Visit
A field officer checks your water source and pump, takes soil samples and marks your plot.
4
Contract
You sign the Master Agreement and an Offtake Schedule with your planting dates. CFEP groups also sign a credit agreement.
5
Plant and Grow
Seed and inputs arrive, and our field officers supervise the farm to harvest.
6
Harvest and Get Paid
We collect your tomatoes in crates and pay you for every good-quality tomato.

Nobody is enrolled until the contract is signed at step 4.

For farmers

Join the Out-Grower Scheme

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