Technology that includes, not excludes
Some 200 million smallholders in China — and over 500 million worldwide — sit outside the digital supply chain. VerdantSource exists to bring them inside it, and to make their inclusion pay.
- SDGs advanced
- 5
- Provinces
- 10+
- Villages
- 100+
- Smallholders
- 500M+ globally
The largest group in the food system is the most excluded
Some 200 million smallholders in China — and over 500 million worldwide — plant without ever seeing real demand. No signal reaches the farm, so production and demand never meet.
When supply is disconnected from demand, smallholders absorb the loss — herd planting, synchronized glut and price collapse. VerdantSource closes that gap, turning the most excluded producers into the ones who benefit most from a digital, demand-driven supply chain.
InclusionWhat inclusion looks like in numbers
Results from our flagship deployment in Datong Village, Lijiang.
+100%
Household income
doubled at Datong
+100
New local jobs
plus youth returning
+75%
Idle-house utilization
village economy reactivated
+30%
Tourist spillover
to neighbouring villages
Impact figures are flagship-deployment (Datong) results, not platform-wide averages.
Households lifted
1,200+
New jobs
+100
Idle-house use
+75%
Villages
100+
Villages onboarded · cumulative
Avg household income
before vs after · Datong
Value that reaches the whole chain
Smallholders & families
Higher, more stable income from demand-matched, contracted production instead of glut and waste.
Rural communities
New local jobs, returning youth, reactivated idle housing and a revitalized village economy.
Consumers
Traceable, healthier food with verifiable provenance from plot to plate.
Governments
Measurable rural-revitalization and food-security outcomes, replicable across regions.
Five UN Sustainable Development Goals, advanced by design
Inclusive growth, food security, decent work, responsible consumption and climate resilience are outcomes of the model — not add-ons.
SDG 1
No Poverty
SDG 2
Zero Hunger
SDG 8
Decent Work & Growth
SDG 12
Responsible Consumption
SDG 13
Climate Action
Demand-matched, traceable, multi-tier supply networks make local food systems more resilient — directly advancing national rural-revitalization and food-security goals.
A model built to reach millions
The same engine carries from one valley to the nation — and to the 500 million smallholders the global food system leaves behind.
0+
Villages onboarded
0+
Provinces
0M+
Smallholders worldwide
Same engine, any village
Capital-light — no new model per village.
Case base compounds
Each deployment is faster and cheaper than the last.
10+ provinces → national
Proven replication beyond Yunnan.
A global problem
~200M smallholders in China; ~500M+ worldwide.
The people behind the numbers
“VerdantSource has created local jobs for our young people. Being able to work in our own village gives us a real sense of pride.”
“Beyond higher incomes, it has strengthened our sense of belonging, pride and well-being.”
“Since the development plan was introduced, our environment has improved, and our crops have become more productive and profitable.”
Recognized for impact, covered by national media
VerdantSource’s rural-revitalization work has been recognized at national level and featured across leading outlets.
Government & institutional
Local governments · recognized at National Eco-Environment Day · GEI
拾千农 · 得万村 · Onboard a thousand farmers, reach ten thousand villages.
Scale the impact with us
Every new deployment lifts more incomes, cuts more waste and brings more producers inside the digital supply chain.