QUALITY INPUTS CHALLENGE CHALLENGE; TANZANIA
PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Quality seeds, fertilizer, and post-harvest storage bags to smallholder farmers
Learn more about the Improved Farm Practices Challenge and why increasing the effective use of fertilizer has the potential to unlock significant crop yield for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.
DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION
Ibukia Shambani innovates access to the most comprehensive, quality, and productive agricultural inputs to smallholder last-mile farmers.
The social agribusiness enterprise was founded in 2022 by Abdallah Mabrouck, alongside two co-founders, Ayubu Mundekesye and Kelvin Robert. Both team members are experts in the agribusiness sector and have a passion for developing the agricultural sector as a whole.
PILOT AND SCALING GOALS
Directly reach 100 smallholder farmers at last mile prior to the planting season
Distribute 1 ton of quality maize seeds, 2.5 tons of DAP, 2.5 tons of UREA, and 100 liters of acetic acid as quality inputs to smallholder farmers in three months
Fundraise an additional $10,000 from other interested partners and donors in three months
FOUNDING TEAM
Abdallah Mustapha Mabrouck - Project Lead
Ayubu Eliah Mundekesye - Business Development Lead
Kelvin Robert Mwise - Credit Management Lead