Agricentric Ventures

AgriCentric Ventures helps farmers produce more and healthier food in West Africa by buying farm waste and turning it into eco-friendly and low-cost biofertilizers, organic pesticides, soil amendments, organic animal dietary supplements, and feed. Our company is passionate about climate and business smart agriculture. We reduce growers and rearers’ cost for quality, safe fertilizer, pesticides, and feed needed to spur farm business. We work with smallholder farmers to strengthen their capacity for climate change, crop resilience, and replenishing the soil. Our goal is to help small-plot farmers to become medium-sized farmers through sustainable, cost-effective agripreneurial innovations. AgriCentric Ventures was founded in 2019 by Gideon Ohenepon No Ba Nyamesen, a young agricultural specialist and agripreneur. Our sustainable alternative to mass-market organic farm inputs is grounded on waste management innovations that drive an agro-based transition to a circular economy. This philosophy emphasizes the soil nourishing techniques Gideon learned on an uncle’s farm growing up and through continued agriculture and business education at leading institutions. The company markets directly to Ghanaian farmers by purchasing their agrowaste, treating it in bioreactors, and selling the bioactive fertilizers, pesticides, and animal dietary supplement back to farmers at a reduced cost. The company produces microbe-inoculant biochar from agrowaste and sells to farmers for the bioremediation of nutrient-depleted soils. We process fruit and vegetable waste into quality, low-cost feed for livestock and poultry farmers. Nyamesen’s vision for AgriCentric Ventures is to be at the forefront of environmentally sound and safe agriculture. We create innovative synergies between energy, water, food, and waste and engage in multi-stakeholder partnerships for agricultural problem solving.