To reduce the usage of pesticides by at least 50% of pesticides than the recommanded usage of conventionnal agriculture.

Improve food security and farmer life.

Title

Improving nutrition by improving food security and farmers’ lives.

Commitment Type

Operational CommitmentTaiyo-Yuka and Assentia Holdings commit to improve agricultural production by 1.1 to 1.5 and decrease the use of pesticides and fertilizers by 60% to 80% of several farmers from various African countries in a 8 years span ( from March 2022 to December 2029 ). This will be achieved by developing a new business model that will help farmers by providing low cost solutions to help them increase their yield and decrease their pesticides and fertilizers use.

Specific Action

Creation of a new agribusiness model, a micro-franchise that fits the needs of each country, in cooperation with local parties and improving farmers' lives by increasing their yield, and quality of their crops as well as dispensing the necessary education for organic farming. The micro-franchise will be centered around a biofertilizer that can be produced locally at very low cost

Responsible Party

Taiyo Yuka,CO,LTD. and Assentia Holdings, Inc.

Measurable

Yield, current usage of pesticides and fertilizers and the profits of farmers.

Baseline

Farmers with low yield despite high usage of pesticides and chemical fertilizers and highly damaged environment/poor soil quality.

Timeline

Start of the operations in 5 countries in early 2022. Confirm the results with the farmers by 2023. Expansion of the micro-franchise model in surrounding areas as well as in neighboring countries starting the end of 2023.