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AGRO TRADEINTERNATIONAL

Agro Trade Commodities

Agricultural Commodities. Established Market Knowledge.

Agro Trade International built its understanding of agricultural trade through practical sourcing work in West Africa — from upcountry buying and aggregation to warehousing and export coordination. This is the operational foundation the rest of the business is built on.

Close view of soybeans spread out for sampling

01 · Togo

Organic Soybeans

Agro Trade International has experience sourcing organic soybeans in Togo, working through upcountry collection networks where soybeans are first bought from producers and consolidated.

That work involved coordinating aggregation from dispersed producing areas and moving consolidated volumes through inland transport to export.

  • Upcountry sourcing and aggregation
  • Organic supply-chain requirements
  • Inland transport and export logistics
Field team reviewing a soybean crop with farmers

02 · Nigeria

Soybean Cultivation

In Nigeria, the company has been involved in soybean cultivation and agricultural sourcing initiatives working with farming communities.

Engagement at farm level gives a practical understanding of how planting, harvest timing and farmer relationships shape the volume and quality that eventually reach a warehouse.

  • Farmer and community engagement
  • Cultivation-linked sourcing
  • Harvest-to-aggregation planning
Flowering sesame crop in a West African field

03 · West Africa

Sesame Seeds

The company has experience sourcing and trading non-GM sesame seed, a commodity where buyer specifications on purity, moisture and cleaning are closely scrutinised.

  • Non-GM sesame sourcing
  • Attention to buyer specifications
  • Cleaning, bagging and export preparation
Ginger rhizome freshly lifted from a ginger field

04 · Nigeria

Dried Ginger

Agro Trade International has sourcing experience in dried ginger from Nigeria, one of the world's notable ginger-producing origins.

  • Sourcing from producing regions
  • Drying and quality considerations
  • Aggregation for export

From the field

From field visit to sealed container.

Photographs from Agro Trade International’s own origination work in Togo and Nigeria — crop visits, lot sampling, storage, aggregation, container loading and sealing.

  • Field visit walking soybean rows with growers
    Field visit
  • Soybean pods developing on the plant
    Soybean pods
  • Drawing a sample from a soybean lot
    Lot sampling
  • Stacked bags of commodity in a store
    Stored stock
  • Bagged commodity aggregated outside a warehouse
    Aggregation
  • Container on a trailer being loaded for export
    Container loading
  • Numbered security seal on a container door
    Container seal
  • Padlocked and sealed warehouse door
    Warehouse seal

Origination & logistics

Knowing what happens between the farm gate and the vessel.

Commodity value is protected — or lost — in procurement records, aggregation practice, storage conditions and shipment coordination. Our experience across these stages is what informs how we work with buyers, and what we build in AgroVault.

  1. 01

    Procurement

    Working with buying agents and suppliers, agreeing terms and recording what is bought, where and at what weight.

  2. 02

    Aggregation

    Consolidating small, dispersed volumes into lots that are consistent enough to store, sample and sell.

  3. 03

    Quality requirements

    Understanding the specifications buyers set — moisture, purity, foreign matter — and where in the chain they are won or lost.

  4. 04

    Export coordination

    Inland haulage, warehousing, documentation and container loading, coordinated to meet shipment windows.

Export container fitted with a bulk liner ready for loading

Descriptions on this page reflect the company’s experience in these commodities and origins. They are not an offer of current stock, a statement of certification, or a guarantee of volumes. Availability, specifications and documentation are confirmed on enquiry.

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