Cooperative Business Model

As an integrated Agribusiness company we at Bahuvida Limited always strives to provide a seamless bond between the corporate buyers and farmers/small-traders/sellers to ensure that the Indian markets for agricultural products continue to remain stable. Our selling platform Private Mandi which supports by the initiative of Cooperative Business Model (Co-Biz) at each step in the agri product life cycle, from procurement on account of the corporate buyers, as well as trade financing facilities to farmers and traders, to facilitating value addition and exports. Bahuvida Limited's expertise and experience has accorded it the understanding of how the agro commodities markets are operate, and today Bahuvida is proud to be an integral part of the Indian agro commodities market.

"Cooperative Business Model (Co-Biz)" - Definition: A business model that creates value by facilitating exchanges between two or more interdependent groups, usually farmers/sellers and end-buyers".

This is the first of its kind offline commodity exchange platform named as "Co-Biz" that creates value by facilitating agro commodities buying and selling between rural markets and vast domestic/international markets, usually farmers//suppliers and end-buyers. In order to make these transactions happen, platforms harness and create large, scalable business opportunities and Bahuvida Limited's resources can be accessed on demand for quality-quantity-payment assurance. This platform allows farmers/suppliers and buyers with network effects to interact and transact any size of commodity deal. Our successful Co-Biz facilitates you to buy or sell agro commodities by reducing transaction costs and/or by enabling externalized innovation. More importantly, as a vendor or farmer/supplier of our Co-Biz you will get maximum market price guarantee irrespective of commodity, locality and season. It's important to remember that this is a business model, not just a piece of technology or idea. It's a holistic business model that creates value by bringing together farmers/sellers and end-buyers. "In the twenty-first century, the supply chain is no longer the central aggregator of business value - What a company owns matters less than what it can connect".

Sustainable Business Intensification

By joining hands together with Bahuvida Limited's Co-Biz you can help your business to increase its market access and also you can improve your negotiating power with respect to acquiring a wide range of domestic/international market spectrum. Our knowledge and extension services can be a great asset to you, and also our vast network and corporate tie-ups will makes you in getting highest market value to your farm produces, you can also be a part of rate negotiation and decision-making processes at all levels. The challenge remains on you is scale up your product volumes, rest we ensure that the benefits of Co-Biz on a wide scale. This is an inclusive business growth model that aims to support small and medium commodity traders to handle inequality, increase prosperity, and ensure that the benefits of growth are widely shared.

6-Ways that our Co-Biz is helping to create a thriving Rural Economy:

  • Encouraging membership throughout our trading area;
  • Committing to trading honestly, responsibly and fairly with our customers;
  • Providing products and services that embrace our values and differences;
  • Engaging with our members and supporting democratic participation in our business;
  • Investing in development of our colleagues, helping them to grow and realise potential;
  • Supporting local farmers, producers and suppliers;

The 10 Commandments of more Equal Benefit Business and its Ecosystem:

  • Higher potentiality and stabile business;
  • Any agro commodity can be trade domestically/globally through Co-Biz;
  • You will be engaged with brands and corporates from time-to-time;
  • More sustainable and productive engagement with our supply chain;
  • As a Co-Biz supplier you can enjoy stronger reputational capital;
  • Attain a price premium of around 3% to 5% guaranteed when compared with your regular trade;
  • No geographical limits;
  • 100% assured payments in stipulated short-time;
  • You can improve your farmer's welfare, gain more reputation locally and get more business year-on-year;
  • Strong legal framework will be made between Seller-Bahuvida-Buyer (Tri-party);

For all individuals and business entities registering your business with Bahuvida Limited is mandatory to avail our Co-Biz services, you need to get registered with our Co-Biz Vendor Registration procedure as an individual, proprietor, firm or company. It will take couple of days to process your vendor registration; once we processed your application successfully you will be determined as a registered vendor/supplier. You will get a vendor code along with official registration certificate, and then you can start your trade through Co-Biz.