SHAMBAVEST
Connects local Underutilized Vast Landowners to farming investors
1. PROBLEM
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Land Owners with limited farming capital revert to cheaply selling their parcels to sustain their livelihoods.
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Inadequate data on available vast land owners who are willing to lease or partner rather than sell their parcels.
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Mass land segmentation and low land productivity, food shortage resulting from plot culture fueled by rural poverty.
2. SOLUTION
ShambaVest
A web-based and SMS-based platform that connects farming investors to vast land owners who are willing to partner or lease the parcels for farming
3. SOLUTION OVERVIEW
- Short SMS code
- Website
The solution is simple and accessible to all via SMS.
Payments Via (Airtime and Mpesa)
- Vast land owners can list through SMS
- Investors can browse available vast lands within a locality
- Sample List land Short Code —-> List {land} {location} {size} {mode} {price}
- Mode — Lease / Partner (L or P)
- Price — Fixed / Negotiable (F or N)
- Sample Browse By Short Code —> Browse (B) – {location} {mode}
- Website (List, Browse, Book, Verify)
4.TARGET MARKET
- Rural vast arable land owners and Real Estate Companies
- Famers
- Prospective farmers (General public)
- Groups, Saccos
- Farm inputs providers (Machinery, fertilizers, Seeds)
- Farming experts (Vets, Extension officers)
- Legal (Conveyancing experts)
- Financing Partners (Banks, Co-operatives, Saccos, Chamas)
- Government, Local Authorities
opportunities for farmers in Kenya
Farming Market Size (Kenya) - USD 22.8 Billion Smallholder farmers ~ 4.5 Million 3.5 Million Crop Farmers 600K Pastoralists 130 K Fisherfolk
5. SUSTAINABILITY GOALS IN PLACE
No Poverty Sdg 1 (Acess to capital for rural farmers and vast Landowners) Zero Hunger - Sdg 2 (Access to land for food production) Descent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8)
Our Bottomline
We are seeking USD 156 000 for marketing, team, and product development. Our Company looks forward to breaking even in the second year.
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