The project was created as a response to the lack of quick solutions for transporting machinery and products from rural areas
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Five students from Córdoba, aged between 20 and 21, developed Agro Fletes, an application that connects companies and transporters in the rural sector. The system allows users to organize the transportation of machinery and heavy cargo in a more agile and transparent way. Their proposal was presented this week during the Jesús María Rural Expo to gain visibility.
The platform's operation is simple, since each user must register on the website www.agrofletes.com free of charge and start operating. There, users can choose between two profiles: transporter or cargo provider, which facilitates the organization of each shipment. Since its launch, the app has added hundreds of users who are already testing its benefits.
Bautista Rubino, one of the creators, explained: “The platform is aimed at agricultural machinery and heavy cargo, but that doesn't rule out the possibility of posting any type of cargo order.” With this scheme, each transporter manages to combine trips and reduce kilometers (miles) traveled without cargo. This way, costs decrease for both parties.
Su propuesta se presentó esta semana durante la Expo Rural de Jesús María
An initiative based on family experiences
The idea arose when the family of one of the partners faced problems selling machinery because they couldn't find available transportation. That difficulty led them to design a digital tool to streamline the hiring of rural freight services. Over time, they found that the need was repeated in other localities.
Although at first the adoption was slow, trust in the application grew and more and more producers are using it. Rubino clarified that the company doesn't charge commissions and that makes the service more accessible. The proposal also makes it easier to generate more economical agreements for clients in the sector.
The team consists of Rubino along with Pedro Subils, Tomás Marmay, Santiago Souberán, and Matías Bejea, all connected to digital innovation. Two of the partners are from Jesús María, another from Río Segundo, and the remaining from Justiniano Posse. All five are studying degrees related to digital business and technological development applied to agriculture.
