CUSTOM AGRICULTURE CHALLENGE; COLOMBIA
PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Micro-forestry market bundle.
Learn more about the Custom Agriculture Challenge and why distributing proven agricultural interventions can greatly improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION
Cultiba empowers Colombian smallholder farmers to engage in sustainable micro-forestry.
The average Colombian farmer is unable to engage in sustainable commercial forestry because they lack capital, quality inputs, technical expertise, and direct linkages to market. Cultiba empowers Colombian smallholder farmers to make use of their unproductive land to produce balsa wood for sale in industrial markets and increase their income. They deliver a proven micro-forestry partnership model where smallholder farmers provide land, labor, and security, and we deliver inputs, training, and access to fair market prices.
Cultibas’s CEO, Diego Hakspiel, has over 8 years of experience in the development sector working with the private sector, social enterprises, UN agencies, and INGOs in East Africa and Latin America.
PILOT AND SCALING GOALS
Reach 500 smallholder farmers within 6 months
16,000 balsa seedlings planted within 6 months
Secure offtake agreement for initial plantation (value of $400,000) within 6 months
Reach 1,000 smallholder farmers by the end of year 1
Reach 5,000 smallholder farmers by the end of year 2
FOUNDING TEAM
Diego Hakspiel - CEO