Universal Versatile Society (UVS), a ๐บ๐ณ UN ECOSOC accredited NGO with consultative status, is launching this eCommerce platform to link ๐ฎ๐ณ local consumers and ๐จโ๐พ๐ฉโ๐พ farmers who offer ๐ organic produce and ensure a smooth, seamless ๐ delivery process. The purpose of this ๐ฅ๏ธ platform is to meet the customersโ needs for achieving โBetter Production, Better Nutrition, Better Environment, Better Lifeโ as per the definition of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)โs strategic framework to support the Agenda 2030. Through this website, consumers can quickly search the products they want with a much better price and confirm from which providers they can get the above products.
This eCommerce platform is established by an international team with volunteers from ๐จ๐ฆ Canada, ๐จ๐บ Cuba, ๐จ๐ณ China, ๐ฎ๐ณ India, ๐ฎ๐ท Iran, ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya, ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda, ๐บ๐ธ United States (alphabetically sorted) and so forth. During the Global AgriInno Challenge 2021 co-hosted by the FAO and Zhejiang University (ZJU), the initiative of this eCommerce platform ๐ succeeded in being selected as 1 out of 10 from a pool of 157 teams from 35 countries to pitch into the ๐ final round of the competition.