Tanzania - Startup under 3 years old

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YAKWETU BIOTECH empowers small-holder farmers to produce food profitably and eco-sustainably with low-cost and eco-friendly fertilizer supplements, Climate Smart Plant Enhancers (CSPEs).

01.01 Décrivez votre startup en détail

Yakwetu Biotech transforms sustainable agriculture for small-holder farmers with our affordable, innovative, and eco-friendly fertilizer supplements known as Climate Smart Plant Enhancers (CSPEs). These fertilizer supplements empower farmers to improve productivity and environmental sustainability while enhancing resilience to climate change and reducing reliance on chemical fertilizers. Crafted from organic city waste collected from selected small businessess and indigenous plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB), our solutions holistically improve crop quality, boost yields by 15-30%, and revitalize soil health. Our solution not only mitigates waste-induced methane emissions through a biotech-powered waste valorization technology, but also strengthens the food supply and builds climate resilience for small-holder farmers in Tanzania. By driving sustainability for farmers, the environment, and future generations, Yakwetu Biotech is paving the way for a greener, more prosperous future.

01.02 Quel est le problème principal que vous essayez de résoudre ?

In Tanzania, where around 10 million small-holder farmers produce over 70% of the nation’s food, a crisis threatens their livelihoods and food security. These farmers face soil degradation due to the overuse of chemical fertilizers, which initially boost yields but ultimately deplete nutrients and harm vital microbial communities, leading to reduced productivity and profitability. Climate change exacerbates these issues with increased temperature, water stress, and disease, causing crop losses of up to 25% in some regions. Lacking resources to adapt, farmers suffer significant impacts on their food production and economic stability. Municipal solid waste (MSW) management is also a challenge, as urban green waste decomposes in landfills, emitting methane and missing the opportunity to recycle organic matter that could improve soil health and fertility. Yakwetu Biotech's Climate Smart Plant Enhancers address these challenges by transforming MSWs into eco-friendly fertilizer supplements.

01.03 Dites-nous quels sont les principaux avantages et/ou bénéfices de l'utilisation du produit/service fourni par votre startup (au moins 3).

YAKWETU BIOTECH's Climate Smart Plant Enhancers (CSPEs) offer significant benefits to farmers. Firstly, they enhance plant stress tolerance by incorporating plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), which biologically boost plants' resilience to heat and water scarcity. This reduces risks of poor produce or low yields, ensuring more stable crop output. Secondly, our CSPEs naturally fortify plants' defenses against pathogens, reducing the likelihood of disease infestations. This leads to healthier crops and less reliance on chemical treatments, ensuring more reliable harvests and lowering risks for farmers during the growing season. Additionally, CSPEs elevate the nutritional and flavor quality of harvests by providing essential nutrients, leading to higher levels of vitamins, proteins, and minerals in crops. They also demonstrate yield improvements of 15-30%, significantly boosting productivity and potential income for farmers.

01.04 Veuillez décrire précisément à qui s'adresse le produit/service de votre startup. Quels sont les bénéficiaires visés ?

Our solution is dedicated to small and medium-scale farmers, primarily engaged in food crop production in peri-urban and rural regions. Climate change and rising input costs have left these farmers vulnerable to low productivity. Tanzania, home to 10 million such farmers, faces challenges like economic losses due to low yields, diminished produce quality, and high input costs. We target three primary segments: 1. Individual Small and Medium-Scale Farmers: We offer cost-effective, tailored eco-bundles designed to meet their specific needs. 2. Farmer Groups and Associations: Through our Kijani Plan, we provide specialized support tailored to the unique needs of these groups. 3. Special Private Sector and Government Projects: We collaborate with stakeholders, including the government and farmer-supporting Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), on projects aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity and soil sustainability.

01.05 Quand votre entreprise a-t-elle été créée ?

05/02/2024

01.06 Vendez-vous déjà votre produit/service ?

Oui

01.07 Combien y a-t-il de propriétaires de votre entreprise en plus de vous ?

3

01.08 Parmi les autres propriétaires, combien sont des femmes ?

0

01.09 Veuillez décrire le profil des autres propriétaires de votre startup (compétences, expérience, etc.).

Anold Crispin Ndaro, holds a BS in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, he has experience in working industries as quality control personel. At Yakwetu he brongs his experience and academic background to lead research, manufacturing, cordinates field trials and university partnerships via projects. Jackson Steven Mluge, holds a degree in Botany, he has over 3 years experience in sales and marketing, and a winner of several innovation competitions in Tanzania. AT Yakwetu he brings his sales and marketing experience to build our Go-To-Market plant and lead it. Our Team generally knew each from the University of Dar es Salaam, were all founders our startup srtudied. We are bond together not only by our deep mission to drive sustainably agrioculture tansition in Tanzania with low-cost Biotech products, but also our 6 year long friendship.

01.10 Si vous avez un site web, une page sur les médias sociaux (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin...) ou une application, veuillez fournir le(s) lien(s) ici :

https://www.linkedin.com/company/yakwetu

01.11 Quel est le secteur d'activité qui décrit le mieux votre entreprise ?

Matériaux (agriculture, pêche, produits chimiques, matériaux de construction, conteneurs et emballages, métaux et mines, papier et produits forestiers)

02.01.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Pas de pauvreté'

4

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02.02.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Faim Zéro'

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.02.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Our Climate Smart Plant Enhancers (CSPEs) address key issues faced by small and medium-scale farmers in Tanzania. By enhancing plant stress tolerance, boosting natural disease defense, and improving the nutritional quality of crops, our CSPEs help increase agricultural productivity by 15-30%, ensuring more food is available locally. Our affordable, accessible solutions allow farmers to adopt advanced agricultural practices without financial strain. Targeting individual farmers, farmer groups, and collaborating with private sector and government projects, we ensure a broad impact. These efforts support farmers in producing higher-quality, more abundant crops, directly contributing to improved food security, reduced hunger, and sustainable economic development in Tanzania and beyond.

02.03.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Bonne Santé et Bien Être'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

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02.04.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Éducation de Qualité'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

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02.05.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Égalité entre les Sexes'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

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02.06.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Eau Propre et Assainissement'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

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02.07.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Énergie Propre et Abordable'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

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02.08.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Travail Décent et Croissance Économique'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

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02.09.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Industrie, Innovation et Infrastructure'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

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02.10.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Réduction des Inégalités'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

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02.11.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Villes et Communautés Durables'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

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02.12.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Consommation et Production Responsables'

3

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02.13.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Lutte contre les Changements Climatiques'

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.13.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Our solution strong aligns itself with Climate Mitigation and Climate Adaptation objectives of the SDG13: Climate Action. With respect to climate mitigation, our fertilizer supplements are composed of 70% nutrients and organic matter from recycled wastes. These wastes are collected from small business in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Normal route of these wastes would be to be dumped inlandfills, and release methane, a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbondioxide. Currently we harness 100 tons of potato peels from business helping to mitigate significant amounts of methane emissions. With resoect to climate resilience and adapation, our products help farmers to grow crops productively amidsts the effects of a climate change affected soils, as our proiducts enhance water retention, heat and disease stress tolerance.

02.14.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Vie Sous-Marine'

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02.15.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Vie Terrestre'

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02.16.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Paix, Justice et Institutions Efficaces'

3

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02.17.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Parteneriats pour la Réalisation des Objectifs'

4

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06.01 Un grand nombre de clients utilisent déjà un produit/service très similaire au nôtre.

5

06.02 Notre produit/service représente un type de produit/service entièrement nouveau

4

06.03 Notre produit/service pourrait être décrit comme une nouvelle technologie

4

06.04 Notre produit/service est une amélioration d'un produit ou d'un service existant

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

06.05 Notre produit/service pourrait être décrit comme une extension d'une gamme de produits ou de services

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

06.06 Notre produit/service répond à une demande ou à un besoin qui n'a pas été satisfait par d'autres produits/services.

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

06.07 Notre produit/service est une nouvelle version d'un ancien produit/service

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

06.08 Justification

Our low-cost and eco-friendly fertilizer supplements, branded as Climate Smart Plant Enhancers (CSPEs) are innovatively utilize a nutrient recycling approach by fermentation, but enhancing the products there of with our innovative bio-formulation strategy; This further integrates plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) and organic standards approved plant nutrients additive for improved product perfomance in yield, crop quality and climate stress resilience. It is this innovative bio-formulation startegy used in manufacturing our products that gives them a competitive edge in perfomance, pricing and eco-sustainability.

06.09 Analyse compétitive

The market landscape for organic inputs in Tanzania is made of local composting companies, local green inputs, biollogfical inputs company and imported organic inputs. YaKwetu Biotech differentiates from these players in two aspects, firstly we harness both powers of tradational organic waste recycling fortifying them with innovative biological formulations, providing products with better perfomance but are affordable, Secondly anaother aspects that play role in the affordability of our products is our innovative product bundling strategy. We have combined our solid and liquid formulas into cost-effective effective bundles, making sure that small-holder farmers can easily access them in a finacial sttand-point. This is what mainly set us apart with most of existing solutions in the market being very expesnive, posing a hurdle to farmers' green tarnsition journey.

11.05 Menez-vous des actions au sein de votre communauté pour promouvoir le rôle des femmes entrepreneurs ?