Nigeria - Startup under 3 years old

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Our business is an employer that specializes in producing agric farm products.We centered our attention more on producing domestic, stoneless,fine and well packaged rice for the higher percentage of our people in an affordable price.

01.01 Describe your startup in more detail

The idea of the business started during the covid 19 pandemic after the closure of the all Nigerian land borders which led to the burning of food importation, such as rice, beans, maize,milk,meat,fishes and other foreign commodities to the country.As a result of that ,the availability of rice turned scarce which made it too expensive for the people to afford because of the increase in demand.This led the people buying darty black rice containning lot of stones that would cause denger to the life of people in the county,these include appendix ,bacteria and other related diseases .As a result of this,an idea came to our mind on how to eliminate this serious denger that would effect the life of our community negatively.The measure taken was embacking on massive production of rice;and by now we are able to produce large share of fine rice at a low cost for the people to afford it.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

The main priority of our company is to eliminate lingering problems of food scarcity by producing massive share of free stone rice for the better health of people,and to eradicate poverty amang the people and provide employment in the society.We also after promoting financial development of our community and the country in general.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your startup provides (at least 3).

Food is one of the life requirements and rice is one of the principle meals we consume for suvival,.The main objectives of the startup of this business is to annihilate hunger and lack of healthy food within our community and beyond for the people to get it in an affordable price.The business is also profible which could provide the higher source of incomes that would promote the financial development of the company, community and the country at large and to eradicate unemployment.

01.04 Please describe who exactly your startup’s product/service is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

Our main tergeted beneficiaries are both the velnarable and well to do people in thecommunity and the country at large.All what we aim at is to produce adequate food more especially sorted rice in order swept up all the economic hardships in nation.

01.05 When was your company established?

2022-02-05

01.06 Are you already selling your product/service?

Yes

01.07 How many other owners are there within your startup?

20 and above

01.08 Among the other owners, how many are female?

5

01.09 Please describe the profile of the other owners within your startup (skills, experience, etc.)

Despite the fact that we have many compitetors that are producing rice and other agricultural products but theye are not as compitent as our company,because our workers using modern agricultural skills.Therefore owners of these companies are using traditional ways of producing where you can come across with big and small stones when eating their rice.

01.10 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link(s) here:

Nil

01.11 Which industry best describes your project?

b) Materials (agriculture, fishing, chemical products, construction materials, containers and packaging, metals and mining, paper and forest products)

02.01.01 My startup contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification for my startup

As we concerned about solving the lingering problems of food scarcity,we are also working hard to eraducade poverty among the people.Base on this, we secure employment to the unemployed youth for them to be self reliant.This would help the promotion of financial development of the people ,company and the society to have source of generating incomes.

02.02.01 My startup contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification for my startup

My startup contributes ensure healthy life and promotes well-being for all at all level of age by eliminating hunger and provide sufficient food at an affordable price.All these were done by taking measures of producing enough food to justify free hunger in the nation. My startup also contributes to the good life and well-being by recruiting workers to work both in farm and the company.This reduces the higher rate of unemployment in our community.

02.03.01 My startup contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification for my startup

We ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages by eliminating hunger and provide sufficient,sorted, well packaged and fine rice at an affordable price to justify the good life of the people.

02.04.01 My startup contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification for my startup

The company takes the issues of quality education very seriously,base on this our workers are given opportunities to expend their knowledge which in return adds more values to daily activities.

02.05.01 My startup contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification for my startup

Base on gender equality,our company working deligently towards working with both male and female without showing any discrimination among them.There is also equality in sharing the salaries,and positions .The system of promoting the depends base on merit for both males and females in order to ensure equality among them .We are giving them chances to pursue education to be applied for the development of their lives and the society at large.

02.06.01 My startup contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification for my startup

As the producing of healthy rice is our mean priority,we also provide a clean water both in the form and the company all for the decency of our daily activities.The company also working together with the state government in sanitizing our company to keep them clean for the betterment of our activities.

02.07.01 My startup contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification for my startup

At the initial stage,the company used old modern system of farming and proçessing by using human resources such as men and animals as a way of production.The old system we had,led delay, wasting time as well as energy which restricted us from producing actual number of products nedded in the company.But by this time,we try to revalutionise the system by bringing modern agricultural gears,modern machine, of production and proçessing,new method of processing,and advertisement which would also add value to our company financially.

02.08.01 My startup contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification for my startup

As always, one of the objectives of our duties is to create jobs among the people,in line with this, we recruited compitent workers that are working decently in producing fine rice which promotes system of production that attracts more customers to buy our products.this increases the values and decency to our activities.

02.09.01 My startup contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification for my startup

In the effort to bring new changes to make our activities unique, we try our best to come up with certain technological innovations.Technology is dealing with using computer and other electronic devices as input that work under the control of it's users.At the start-up stage,we used to follow traditional methods of producing products previously.Now with the progress we have,we are creating certain innovations that remedy all our technical abstacles whic hwould make our activities unique and speedy;these include computer, processing machine,condusive environment e.t.c.This innovations make our products different and attractive compared to others that resulting more customers to come our way.

02.10.01 My startup contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification for my startup

As our best target to bring developmental and unique system of employment and productivity,we employ workers base on marit without showing any discrimination for the uniquenss of our activities.This brings economic development and employment progress in the company,community and the country in general.

02.11.01 My startup contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification for my startup

The company applied all the rules and regulations of both State and federal government.We also working together with the security agencies for the sustainable development of our city state

02.12.01 My startup contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification for my startup

One of the aims of our activities is to ensure people consuming qualitative and healthy food.Our products are unique especially free stone,well packaged,and fine rice.This is done to keep the life of people healthy and special ,unlike other's products that contain deseases, Appendix, and big and stones which can effect the life of people nagetively.

02.13.01 My startup contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification for my startup

As the climate comes with different changes,The company considers any change of the climate. That is why we take an action of keeping the products we have in a cool and dry place in order to prevent them from decay especially during the rainy season.These measures keep our products healthy for caring the well-being of our consumers.

02.14.01 My startup contributes to the Life below water goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification for my startup

As the farming of rice totally depends On enough water resources ,in our part,we are using water resources to produce huge amount of rice, Wheat,beans, and other agricultural products in order to have enough food nedded to feed the nation.This creates financial chances and sustainable development to our company and the country at large.Therefore a good mantainance was made to keep the safety of all our water resource such as dam oceans,seas etc for the sustainable development of our çounty.

02.15.01 My startup contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification for my startup

A.A rice is a company the depends totally on farming,processing producing agricultural products most especially rice which becomes our main source that we provide sufficient food to feed our community and the nation at large and it improves our source of incomes for financial development of the company and the country in general;therefore,land is a vital resource that we must protect because it provides food,habitat for biodiversity, economic benefits and can even helt to mitigate climate change.

02.16.01 My startup contributes to the Peace Justice and Strong Institutions goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.16.02 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions- Justification for my startup

To provide peace and justice and harmony in the company,we are working together with the societal and state leader security agencies for the effective operations of our duties,

02.17.01 My startup contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

5

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification for my startup

As a source of straighting our products to the global standard A.A rice collaborates with a local rice farmers association,there other popular rice companies we collaborate such as Gerawa rice mails optimum and so on.

06.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.02 The product/service represents an entirely new type of product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.03 The product/service could be described as a new technology.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.04 The product/service is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.05 The product/service could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.06 The product/service responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

1 - Strongly Disagree

06.07 The product/service is a new version of an old product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.08 Justification for my startup

Our product is special because we provide modern techniques in producing our products such as rice ,soya beans and other products we are producing

06.09 Competitive Analysis

Be course they have huge capital compared to us but we have modern techniques compared to them only capital i need to put them into reality and that will make additional chances compared to them.

11.05 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

I give them opportunities by employing them to get means of living, in order to be self reliant.This will encourage the to be in business cycle