INVIA Farms (INVesting In Africa Farms)

An Overview Of Our Solution

Burkina Faso is in of high rates of poverty and difficulty in achieving food self-sufficiency in Burkina Faso. This requires increased development of small producers' production and development capacities. Rural zones are mostly impacted by degraded lands,desert advance, pollution of the earth caused by fertilizer use chimiques.We allow the producer to benefit from the technical and financial means that are necessary for a farm to conserve soil and sustain the ecosystem of these areas. Most of our agripreneurs are young and womenThis is very difficult in Africa because of socio-cultural constraints. Less than 30% of women have access to land in Burkina Faso and Africa.

Who is this solution impacting?

Community Type

Rural

Organization type

Corporation

Ecosystem (select all that apply)

Forests

Grasslands

Population impacted

ex. 12000 people

Size of agricultural area

150 ha

Production quantity

700 Tons of fishes and 1200 Tons of agricol products ( French beans, onions,tomatoes, strawberry, potatoes..)

People employed

ex. 10 people full time and 150 people part time

Describe your solution

INVIA-Farms is a unique concept for financial and technical support to small-scale farmers based on the principles of crowdfunding and the direct involvement of the diaspora. Our vision is to generate xealth in Africa through investing in profitable business ventures in the underfunded fish and agricultural sector.Most of these agripreneurs connot afford or easily access the funds they require from conventional lenders. We form o joint venture with the agripreneurs and co-manage the farming project.Through our intermediation and management service, we are able to meet the material and financial needs facing our producers, particularly those in our regions, which are the subject of large-scale vegetable production. In addition, we are working to open up to them a western market, a market that is very much based on certain quality standardsWe channel capital to profiatble and sustainable ventures through strategicpartnerships supported by our web platform.Through our Fairtrade concept, our farmers gain stable and sustainable sources of income through their farms and fish farms. Thus they will be able to feed their families, educate their children and secure their future. One of the benefits of INVIA Farms is the creation of many jobs for women and young people. The latter will no longer have to flee rural areas in order to find a highly remunerative job. We transform rural exodus into urban exodus.

Describe your implementation

INVIA Farms's main activities are: the financing of fish farming, of agriculture the training of organic producers by a technology transfer respecting the environment and reduce climate change.Through the concept of INVIA farms, we want to inculcate biodiversity protection practices through training in agro-entrepreneurs benefits for sustainable development. In addition to the campaigns of reforestation against desertification, a circular economy and the development of the rural economy will enable INVIA farms to break the cycle of poverty. Our company aims to develop the riches of rural areas by creating jobs, funding for agricultural and fishery projects to eradicate poverty in this environment. Several factors contribute to the success of our company. Effect, the Africans of the Diaspora say they are not involved in the development projects of their countries of origin. Our market research has shown us that more than 80% are ready to invest sustainably in agriculture-fish farming. Thus, small-scale farmers can not produce well because they do not have access to finance and the market. So INVIA Is an opportunity for them. All this combined with our agricultural and fish farm engineers, as well as the support of the ministries of agriculture and the environmental booster INVIA farms. ° Currently the challenges are INVIA Cocks. We must deploy throughout the territory of Burkina Faso, register associations of producers of the Diaspora. We buy seeds, fertilizers and meals for fish that are very expensive. To meet these challenges, we have the support of the ministries to let us know and have partners. We also aim to acquire machines to produce ourselves seed fertilizer and fish meal.

External connections

To ensure INVIA Farms we Saphyto key partnership for the supply of quality seeds and fish breeding center for the satisfaction of our needs fry. For the marketing of the productions, we have partnerships with the supermarkets, and we are in prospect for the export of certain productions in Europe. The agricultural sector is INVIA farms in symbiosis with other sectors of aquaculture, the protection of the environment through the circular economy. The leaves and vegetables of the agricultural products enter the feeding of the fish and the water of the fish basins are used to fertilize the agricultural fields at the expense of the chemical fertilizers

What is the environmental or ecological challenge you are targeting with your solution?

In addition to the technical and financial support to farmers, the environmental challenge we target is the reduction of pollution of the earth caused by fertilizer use chimiques.Farmers should switch to the use of organic fertilizers , But also the promotion of an organic food whose chain of production is totally respectful of the environment. Through our concept of participatory financing we allow the producer to benefit from the technical and financial means that are necessary for a farm to conserve soil and sustain the ecosystem of these areas. We thus advocate sustainable development in the sense that we will enable small-scale producers to better produce, develop their activity and dispose of their production while respecting the environment, notably through the preservation of soils and trees.

Describe the context in which you are operating

The context in which we work is a context of high rates of poverty and difficulty in achieving food self-sufficiency in Burkina Faso. This requires increased development of small producers' production and development capacities. The latter are struggling to find ways to finance the expansion of their operations with conventional credit institutions, and we present ourselves as a saving initiative for these small producers. We will be able to respond to the current need to reduce poverty in rural areas, notably through training, accompaniment and opening up markets for the sale of goods. But all this will have to be done according to all the principles related to the protection of the environment, and therefore sustainable and endogenous economic development.

How did you impact natural resource use and greenhouse gas emissions?

The main objective of INVIA farms is to develop organic agriculture and circular economy to sustainably preserve the environment, INVIA farms also allows the transfer of technology to the farmer. -by technology transfer including through the training of agro entrepreneurs, manufacture of bio fish meals and quality seed use, makers agris improve their knowledge in order to better protect the environment and organic produce to the detriment of Chemical product. _A Circular economy: indeed, leaves and vegetable gardens are used to make fish meal, so gentle feed of the environment. In return, fish water is re-used to fertilize agricultural fields, thereby eliminating the use of chemical fertilizers that are harmful to the environment. -A Through reforestation campaigns, INVIA farms allows the agri taker protect biodiversity to recover degraded lands and stop the advance of the desert. In this sense we aim at 1200 plants

Language(s)

French is the most spoken language; we also have local language spoken by farmers:Moré, dioula...

Water

Through our innovative system of drip INVIA farms allows a rational and efficient use of water is a scarce commodity. Fish ponds allow the retention of water in order to fertilize agricultural fields. In addition, the boreholes will be fed with solar energy for irrigation

Food Security/Nutrition

Our web platform aims to contribute to the food self-sufficiency of Burkina Faso and Africa in General, through production in quantity and quality, respectful of the environment. We hope to achieve in the short term a production of 700 tonnes of fish and 1500 tonnes of agricultural produce (potatoes, onions, green beans).

Economic/Sustainable Development

The main feature of the Burkinabe economy is its heavy dependence on agriculture and therefore on the weather. Our company solves the financing problems of a large number of small producers and ensures the supervision of the productions in a meticulous way enabling to increase the national productions, and therefore of an economic development

Climate

To address climate change, our agricultural and fishery engineers assist the agricultural and fisheries producers to practice methods environmentally friendly. Through reforestation, INVIA farms aims to recover degraded lands, reduce desert advance and improve biodiversity. For field irrigation, solar-powered boreholes are prioritized to the detriment of fossil energy, which contributes to the deterioration of the climate.

Sustainability

INVIA Farms has a diversified business model only mod. Our income model is based on the sharing of the profits of the fish and agricultural farms between the agro-entrepreneur, INVIA farms and the investor of the diaspora. We plan to develop our modeling through the export of certain products (green bean, strawberry.) In Europe if we get to have certifications. Moreover, in order to further develop the rural economy, create a lot of jobs and improve the economic model, we want to start the processing and packaging of certain products (tomatoes, fish, onions) and Market through our network of supermarket partners

Return on investment

The establishment of INVIA farms and different products costs about $ 20, 000 .Some activities are initiated in the background for more efficiency, the acquisition of small machines can produce fish meal in quantity and quality. According to estimates, INVIA has in perspective, a turnover of $ 45,000 in a short term. The return on investment makes it possible to amortize expenses within a period of about one year.

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How could we successfully replicate this solution elsewhere?

In a long-term vision, INVIA plans to settle in the countries of the West African sub-region. Going in this direction, we are partnering with the Ministry of the Environment to better support ourselves in environmental and climate issues. There is also a need for close collaboration with the African Diaspora, as well as with small-scale farmers and fish farmers in the countries concerned. INVIA farms is an innovative social enterprise and our model is not yet installed in the countries of the subregion. To better develop and grow rapidly, our company needs investors .The funds used to purchase machinery to produce We even feed the fish in quantity to meet the strong demand, make us even organic fertilizers? Investors can allow partnerships with Western firms especially for the export of products. Also, investors will allow to better communicate internationally with the diaspora and to have potential partner for processing.

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