Origin

We own field access, not just a supplier list

Most brands selling an African crop buy it from an exporter. We run research land in Abuja, verify batches at our own centre in Port Harcourt, and contract directly with growers. That is what makes a traceability claim checkable.

6growers on written contract

Pilot cohort. Target of 120 by 2027.

Source: ChiNdü internal records

Regions and sites

Bambara groundnut growing region: Abuja, Nigeria

Abuja, Nigeria

Bambara groundnut

Harvest November to January

Easy Bite Farms, our own 20 hectares in Abuja. Different Bambara varieties are grown here under intercropping trials to test yield, composition and drying method before any crop enters the pantry.

Tiger nut growing region: Northern Nigeria

Northern Nigeria

Tiger nut

Harvest December to February

Sourced through grower relationships alongside the Bambara network.

Verification and testing growing region: Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Verification and testing

Year round

The Dilomat research centre. Field trials are verified, batch composition is tested, and new ingredients earn their place before they reach a product.

How we buy

  • A price floor agreed before planting, not at the farm gate after harvest.
  • Payment within 14 days of delivery and acceptance.
  • Quality criteria stated in advance: moisture, foreign matter, damaged seed.
  • Named field and harvest date recorded for every lot we accept.
  • We publish named grower profiles only with written consent on file. None are published yet.

The Crop Passport

Every pilot batch carries a code. Scan it and you get the field it came from, the harvest and processing dates, the composition results we hold, the claim wording we are permitted to use, and what is still pending. Where a result is not in yet, the passport says so.

Open a batch record

1live passport

Bambara pilot batch BB-001, Nigeria.

5crops referenced

Reference work behind the pipeline.