Terms of use
Joining the ifarm360 Community
- Ifarm360 is a social impact investing platform connecting socially-conscious international investors to skilled local farmers in Africa.
- Ifarm360 connects you, the investor, to farmers whom we A) carefully select, B) provide with training including access to modern agricultural techniques, and C) connect to large-scale purchasers to sell crops at a guaranteed price. This whole process is further protected with crop insurance.
- As with all investing, investing in projects through ifarm360 comes with unavoidable risks. Ifarm360 takes steps at every stage of the process to help mitigate these risks. Please read our Risk Mitigation page to learn more about our risk assessment and management.
Description of Service
- Ifarm360 is a platform that enables investors to view, select, finance, and monitor local farmers.
- Ifarm360 and its partner organisations curate, train, monitor, and provide access to crop insurance to farmers featured on the platform. Please see our How it Works page for more information.
- Ifarm360 is a connector, enabler, and risk manager. We connect interested investors to skilled farmers. We enable investors to finance these skilled farmers. We manage the risks involved in such investing. Please read our Impact Investment Primer to learn more about risk assessment and management.
Disclaimer
- Ifarm360 bears no warranty or responsibility, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of information provided on and via this website. Furthermore, by accepting theseTerms of Use you agree that the ifarm360 shall not have any liability to you relating to or resulting from your use of information from the ifarm360 website for any activities outside of any investment via ifarm360. You hereby release the ifarm360 from any and all liabilities to you regardless of when such liabilities may arise.
Access
- Users of this website (that is, anyone who accesses the www.ifarm360 domain) agree to accept in full these Terms of Use.Users are prohibited from using any device, software, or other instrument to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of the website.Moreover, users are also prohibited from using any bots, automated processes, spiders, etc., to monitor or copy this website and its content without prior consent or authorization from ifarm360. Users may not obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorized access to areas of the website restricted to investors or other partners.
- Cookies: We employ the use of cookies. By using ifarm360’s website you consent to the use of cookies. Cookies are used in some areas of our website to enable the functionality of the area and facilitate ease of use.
- No use of ifarm360’s logo or other artwork will be allowed absent a trademark licensing agreement. Unless otherwise stated, ifarm360 owns the intellectual property rights for all materials on this website. You may view and/or print pages from the website for your own personaluse, subject to restrictions set out in these Terms of Use. You may not republish, reprint, sell, rent, sub-license, duplicate, or copy material from the website without prior agreement.
Changes in Terms of Use by ifarm360
- Ifarm360 may change these Terms of Use at any time and such change shall be effective immediately upon posting the newTerms of Use on the ifarm360 website. Any visit to the ifarm360 website, or use of ifarm360 services after the new Terms of Use are posted, will indicate agreement with the updated Terms of Use. Therefore, it is important that you read this page regularly to ensure that you are familiar with the current Terms of Use.
Account Registration and Termination
- Investors must have a registered account created via this website in order to invest. All information submitted should be correct to the best of the investor’s knowledge. Making an investment means that you accept the Terms of Investment. Users have the right to terminate their account, at which point all data held regarding them will be deleted.
Usage
- Selection of project(s): Users can browse all featured farms throughout the website. Users may select in which farm(s) to invest.
- Payment: Users must select a valid method of payment in order to invest in a project. Please see our How It Works page to learn more.
- Monitoring: Users will be updated periodically on the progress of the project(s) in which they have invested, via methods including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and possibly other platforms.After the harvest and assuming a successful sale of crops, investors will receive back their initially invested principal, along with their share of profits.
- Re-investment: Investors may opt to reinvest in new projects shown on the website.
- Withdrawal: Once payment has been made, investors may not withdraw their investment until after the completion of the farming cycle and distribution of profits.
Privacy and Security
- Ifarm360 will not disclose any user information to any third party. Information will be used solely for ifarm360 internal operations. Please see also Account Registration and Termination, above.
Contact Information
- If you have any queries regarding these Terms of Use, please contact us at info@ifarm360.com.