Mission
Help Africa become self-sufficient in food production — and a major global exporter of food.
Terraform Agriculture Venture
Building the next generation of African agriculture.
Terraform is a new venture bringing together agriculture, water, energy, technology, people and partnerships into integrated programmes for African food production.
We identify, validate and combine technologies to make farms more productive, water more available and energy more resilient — from research and inputs to processing and export.
Why Terraform
Building African food capability, not isolated projects.
Terraform connects research, production, resources, technology, processing and export into one practical programme model.
How we work
Bring new technology to African crop production, incubate new ideas, validate what works in Africa, and scale combined programmes across countries.
What changes
One connected food system: research, inputs, farms, water, technology, processing and export.
The connected programme
Technology, people and partnerships.
Terraform brings farm inputs, water, energy, connectivity and markets into one delivery programme. The ambition is to build an organisation supported by institutional funding, with technologies validated in African conditions and local teams equipped to operate them.
Programme building blocks
From promising ideas to practical farm capability.
Drawing on the Terraform portfolio, these technologies and partnerships can be combined around the needs of a farm or programme. Their readiness varies: pilots, partner agreements and performance evidence must be established before scale.
Farm technology
Drone services & training
Drone-assisted crop monitoring and spraying, supported by pilot training and practical farm operations.
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Farm inputs
Structured Water
A proposed input within the wider irrigation and soil programme, with field validation to establish crop-specific performance.
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Market access
Coffee & Cocoa Exports
Develop export pathways with Africa Union Farms and local partners, connecting production, quality, processing and buyers.
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Soil & resources
Carbon Farming & Auditing
Bring carbon-farming knowledge together with soil management, measurement and auditing to build credible evidence.
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People & skills
European Farm Resource Programme
Develop the concept of qualified African harvesting teams supporting European farms, with training and mobilisation.
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Water & irrigation
Nanotech Irrigation
Explore Margaret’s irrigation technology alongside water recovery and efficient growing systems, subject to field trials.
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Water & energy
AquaPower
Combine water generation and desalination opportunities with solar and off-grid infrastructure for farm resilience.
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Connectivity
NETLITE
Connect farms, sensors, drones and remote monitoring so operators can use timely information in the field.
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From seed to export
The Terraform model follows the whole agricultural lifecycle, with each stage connected to the next.
Research & Seed
Academic institutions, seed management and the European Farm Resource Programme.
Soil & Fertility
Structured water, organic fertilisers and soil-health programmes.
Water & Irrigation
AquaPower water generation, nanotech irrigation, water salvage and hydroponics.
Crop Growth & Productivity
Frequency-driven crop growth treatment, crop resilience and carbon farming and auditing.
Drones, Data & Remote Monitoring
Crop monitoring and drone services, AI crop intelligence, remote monitoring and NETLITE connectivity.
Harvest & Food Processing
Harvesting teams, food processing, quality, traceability and Africa Union Farms.
Export & Market Access
Cocoa and coffee exports, certified farms, buyers and export routes.
The Terraform model
Technology becomes useful when it works together.
Terraform combines products, people, skills, partners and programmes so that field deployment can be tested, improved and scaled.
Incubate
Identify promising products, ideas and capabilities.
Validate
Test technologies and operating models in African conditions.
Integrate
Connect farm inputs, water, energy, data, people and markets.
Mobilise
Prepare pilots, funding, training, delivery teams and evidence.
Scale
Extend validated combined programmes into further countries.
What Terraform brings together
Capabilities across the food system
Research & validation
Incubate new ideas, work with academic institutions, run field trials and build evidence for what works in African conditions.
Integrated farm technology
Combine inputs, water, energy, sensors, drones, connectivity and intelligence into a practical farm operating model.
Food production and value chains
Connect farms to harvesting, processing, quality, traceability and export markets so production creates more local value.
Programme and venture building
Package proven or validated components into fundable pilots, country programmes and scalable operating ventures.
Partners for delivery
Research, funding and field capability
Terraform is built to work with the institutions and operating partners needed to move from concept to practical deployment.
Governments
Food security, rural development, water, energy and agricultural capability programmes.
Academic institutions
Research partnerships, field validation, agronomy, crop science and evidence generation.
Development banks and funders
Phased funding for pilots, validation, mobilisation and scale-up.
Local delivery partners
Farm sites, operators, training, logistics, installation and long-term support.
Open work
Gaps to define before scale
These are not missing ideas; they are the evidence, partners and commercial details needed to turn the capability into funded country programmes.
Named seed suppliers and varietiesConfirmed farm and pilot sitesProcessing equipment and operatorsExport buyers and contractsAcademic and research partnersValidated performance evidenceCountry delivery teams and regulatory routeCommercial model and unit economics
The opportunity
More value grown and retained in Africa.
The ambition extends beyond yield: dependable water and energy, local processing, skilled rural employment, stronger food security and higher-value exports. Terraform connects production with the people, infrastructure and markets needed to capture that value.
From idea to funded deployment
Promising ideas need an operating plan. Terraform brings together product development, business-case preparation, sponsor alignment, practical training and pilot mobilisation. Academic partners help test performance; funders and operators work towards agreed milestones before expansion.
Within the Aurvantis portfolio, Terraform applies the group’s venture-building approach to agriculture, water and off-grid energy, drawing on complementary connectivity and infrastructure capabilities.
Build the next food system
From capability to coordinated African deployment.
Terraform is developing a combined programme model for food production, resilient resources, technology validation, local capability and export-led growth.
“The objective is not to introduce one technology at a time. It is to build connected programmes that can work in Africa and grow across countries.”