Agritech from Kenya

Farm waste in. Compostable packaging out.

AgriPack AI is building a way to turn Kenyan crop waste into compostable packaging: a new income stream for farmers and a better option for businesses.

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Plain kraft paper boxes stacked among maize cobs, sugarcane, cassava root and banana peels on a cream linen backdrop — Concept visualKraft-style packaging with the crop residues we are exploring.

Plastic packaging piles up. Farm waste goes unused.

The packaging side

Single-use plastic packaging is used for minutes and then lingers in our soil, drains and streets for far longer.

The farm side

After harvest, peels, husks and stalks are often burned or left to rot, when they could be an underused resource.

How it works

From farm residues to packaging opportunities.

Farmers submit waste
Farmers register and submit cassava, maize, banana or sugarcane residues with a photo, a description and an approximate weight.
AI-assisted assessment
AgriPack AI supports the review of submissions and customer requests. Our team makes the final decisions.
Businesses explore packaging
Businesses browse packaging options and submit requests through the platform.

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Materials

Kenyan crop residues. New possibilities.

Close-up of pale cassava peels with their brown outer skin, in natural light — Cassava peels
Starchy peels we are exploring as a feedstock for moulded and film-style materials.

Dried maize husks and cobs arranged on a warm surface in close-up — Maize husks
Fibrous husks we are exploring for pulp-based trays and wraps.

Banana peels with their ridged texture and soft tones, photographed in natural light — Banana peels
Fibre-rich peels we are exploring as a feedstock for sheet-like materials.

Fibrous sugarcane stalks and residue in close-up, warm natural light — Sugarcane waste
Fibrous residue (bagasse) we are exploring for moulded packaging.

Feedstocks under exploration. Material development is ongoing.

The platform

One platform. Three connected experiences.

agripackai.netlify.app

Submit farm waste

Type of residue: Maize husks

Approximate weight (kg)

Short description

Add photos

Submit

Concept preview of the farmer experience.

Create a farmer account and log in
Submit waste with a photo, description and approximate weight
Track your submission history

Sell your farm waste

See the live prototype

The demo may take a moment to wake up on your first visit.

Coming soon · Research and development

What if packaging could tell you more about freshness?

Anthocyanins are natural plant pigments whose colour changes with acidity (pH). AgriPack is exploring packaging concepts that use them as a visual freshness indicator.

This is early research. It is not a food-safety test and is not a product yet.

Concept visual: indicator patch on kraft packaging

Move along the pH scalepH 7

Red · acidicPurple · neutralBlue-green · alkaline

Near neutral: purple tones

Illustration of how anthocyanin pigments change colour with pH

A woven basket of fresh maize cobs and a crate of dried maize husks, lit by warm sunlight on a Kenyan farm

For farmers

Turn what you throw away into an opportunity.

Have agricultural residues after harvest? AgriPack is creating a way to connect your available waste with new packaging opportunities.

Sell your farm waste

Pilot interest list

Be part of the next generation of packaging.

Help shape an emerging approach to agricultural-waste-based packaging. Join the AgriPack pilot interest list.