Safi Organics: Freeing rural farmers’ unhealthy dependence on expensive imported fertilizers
- Climate change
- Income generation
- Sanitation
- Renewable energy
- Youth leadership
- Urban development
- Waste
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Kevin
Kung
Takachar
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, Nairobi
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Two peer-reviewed publications, three conference oral presentations
Winner, 2014 MIT IDEAS/Global Challenge Competition
Awardee, 2013-2015 Legatum Fellowship
First Prize, 2013 Tufts Extreme Inclusion Competition
Second Prize, 2013 Walmart Better Living Business Plan Competition
Second Prize, 2012 Orange African Venture Prize
Email solicitation from Ashoka
Both Innovators and Inventors Association of Kenya and Kenya Wildlife Fund trains the local community in new income-generating activities. We reached an agreement with the head of the organization to include our biochar converter as part of their portfolio. Research is done in partnership with University of Nairobi and Kenyan Agricultural Research Institute. We are talking to potential distribution partners such as One Acre Fund, SOS Energie.
As we scale beyond Kenya, some countries have strict laws on businesses from outside. Likewise, some countries have specific (and different) standards of what constitutes fertilizers. Moreover, subsidies for fertilizers are in place in some countries. These subsidies could be either a curse or a blessing. All these details must be researched beforehand, and our product must be packaged and branded appropriately. Our first rule of engagement in a community is to always ensure relevant authorities are on board with the project and its community benefits, as we have done so in Kenya.