From farm to table: making Nigerian chicken and eggs safe and trustworthy.
An EU-funded project bringing digital compliance and traceability to Nigeria's informal poultry sector, led by AgDyna under the FS4Africa (Food Safety for Africa) programme.
- Programme
- FS4Africa · Open Call 1
- Funded by
- the European Union
- Location
- Oyo State, Nigeria
- Value chain
- Poultry (eggs & chicken)
Food safety you can see, from the farm to the market.
Poultry is one of Nigeria's most important sources of affordable protein, and much of it moves through informal markets. FS4Africa is a European Union–funded initiative addressing food safety challenges in Africa's informal food sector through innovation. Within it, the Farmsured–Foodsured project shows how digital tools can make safe production practices visible, verifiable and rewarded — so that farmers, traders and consumers can all trust what they produce, sell and eat.
Safety in informal markets is hard to verify.
Unseen practices
Good farm practices are rarely documented, so there's no easy way to show that food was produced safely.
Broken links
The journey from farm to market is fragmented, and products lose their connection to where and how they were produced.
Low consumer confidence
Buyers have no simple way to check the origin and safety of the eggs and chicken they purchase.
AgDyna leads the project and provides the technology.
Selected through FS4Africa's Open Call 1, AgDyna leads the Farmsured–Foodsured project — bringing its digital infrastructure, field networks and value chain experience to make poultry food safety measurable and trusted.
Project lead
Plans, coordinates and delivers the project alongside value chain partners.
Technology provider
Deploys Farmsured, Foodsured and FarmClusters as one connected system.
Farmer engagement
Organises and supports poultry farmers through the FarmClusters cooperative model.
Market & consumer outreach
Works with traders and consumers to bring product verification into everyday buying.
Evidence & learning
Gathers data and insights on how digital compliance and traceability improve food safety.
Compliance becomes data. Data becomes trust.
- 01
Organise
FarmClusters brings farmers together for support and shared accountability.
- 02
Comply
Farmsured helps farmers follow and record good production and biosecurity practices, and confirms inputs are genuine.
- 03
Trace
Foodsured links eggs and chicken to the farm they came from with secure QR labels.
- 04
Verify
Traders and consumers scan to check origin and safety before they buy.
Farmers
Recognition for safe practices and a clearer path to better markets.
Traders & retailers
Products they can stand behind and prove.
Consumers
Confidence in the safety and origin of the food they buy.
Regulators & partners
Better visibility into food safety across informal value chains.
The project works closely with farmer associations, cooperatives, input suppliers, veterinary and laboratory professionals, and food safety stakeholders — with a deliberate focus on including women and youth.
A model built to grow.
What starts with poultry in Oyo State is designed to extend to more communities across Nigeria, other value chains and other African countries — making trusted food the norm, not the exception.
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Help make trusted food the norm.
We're keen to work with cooperatives, processors, retailers, regulators and development partners who share the vision.
This project is supported by FS4Africa, funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.