Forest products innovations

Team Leader

bertin IKOUMBOU IKOUMBOU

Solution Overview

Solution Name:

One-line solution summary:

Food Safety and Standards, Processing & Production, Entrepreneurship and Biodiversity

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Problem

821 million people are now hungry and more than 150 million children are stunted, threatening the Zero Hunger target

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Mission and Vision

Our mission is to fight poverty, hunger, malnutrition and non-communicable diseases. We believe that the natural resources of the Congo Basin are an alternative to the problem of burning agriculture that is devastating millions of hectares of forest in Africa. The valorization of these products will be a source of income for the populations and will serve as an advocacy tool for them to better preserve biodiversity.

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What specific problem are you solving?

development of basin Congo's products in the form of food or food supplements

In the African context, the standardization and certification of forest products is an innovation because these products are 99% of the time consumed in their raw state either as food or as medicines, we seek to transform them to secure populations in terms of dosage, quality and packaging to allow the greatest number to consume them. As far as food products are concerned, we want to adapt African cooking methods with industrial manufacturing to preserve African flavours and originality. We intend to manufacture 100/100 organic products by identifying the active ingredients of each product to manufacture food supplements to reduce the occurrence of non-communicable diseases.

What is your solution?

Solution

Our company wants to develop food products and food supplements based on organic products from the primary forests of the Congo Basin, these products have not only very important nutritional properties, but also curative properties. These products help prevent diseases such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, etc. to fight hunger, malnutrition, obesity, and anaemia

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

Our beneficiaries are malnourished children, adults suffering from hunger, obesity, anaemia etc... Rural populations will be financially empowered through forest product collection activities and young people will find sustainable jobs.

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Enable small and new businesses, especially in untapped communities, to prosper and create good jobs through access to capital, networks, and technology

Explain how the problem, your solution, and your solution’s target population relate to the Challenge and your selected dimension.

The future of our innovation is immense as we will find new, diversified and relevant solutions to treat malnutrition and non-communicable diseases while bringing new food products to the market to reduce hunger. The Congo Basin forest is full of billions of tons of natural products that rot each year, which can be used to limit slash-and-burn agriculture that seriously pollutes the atmosphere.

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Libreville Gabon

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Prototype: A venture or organization building and testing its product, service, or business model

Who is the primary delegate for your solution?

bertin IKOUMBOU IKOUMBOU

Solution Team:

bertin IKOUMBOU IKOUMBOU
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