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Viazi – 100% Giving
On Viazi, 100% of your donation goes to the cause, there is no overhead. Viazi is for individuals and organizations who give to charity regularly and want to understand how their donations are spent. On Viazi, you give useful things (farming supplies) directly to farmer communities and Viazi’s technology enables you to track the delivery and see the impact of your donation with your own eyes.
World Hunger and Global Warming
Nearly a billion people go to bed hungry every night, while food production creates around 30% of global carbon emissions. In Africa, up to 80% of the food is produced by smallholder farmers, largely by ineffective and unsustainable farming methods.
The Solution Is… Potato
Research shows that potatoes are one of the most productive, nutritious and sustainable food crops. Compared to popular wheat and rice, potato is up to 3 times more productive and has up to 80% smaller water consumption and carbon footprint.
But It’s Not That Simple
To reap all the benefits of potatoes, the communities need to use modern farming resources and techniques. This is why we don’t only provide seed potatoes but a solution of tools, materials, technology and training.
Business Driving Charity
The donated resources are provided by Viazi’s partners, all prominent global agritech companies, who pay Viazi a commission for sales/donations. In return, Viazi provides a meaningful business case in the massive smallholder segment, plus an effective solution for creating corporate responsibility results. Everybody wins.
Making Communities Self-Sufficient
Viazi’s goal is to make communities economically self-sufficient, so they produce more food than they consume, can sell the surplus and invest in more productive resources.
The Global Ecosystem of Good
Viazi’s ecosystem that supplies farming resources to smallholders, can deliver health care supplies, learning materials, and environmental technology in the future. Our vision is that the Viazi model will be harnessed across industries, to contribute solving some of the biggest challenges of humanity and the planet.
Business That Matters
The idea of Viazi emerged when two Finnish entrepreneurs, Antti and Marko – who have decades of experience in technology, food production and emerging markets – agreed to spend the rest of their professional lives on something that matters. As a result, Viazi was founded in 2023.
Latest News
- Dec 2024 – Marko Niskanen joins Viazi as Chief Business Officer
- Nov 2024 – Joona Kauranen joins Viazi as Blockchain Lead
- Sep 2024 – KPMG helps Viazi to innovate and validate business model
- Jul 2024 – Viazi and Royal HZPC Group into partnership
- Mar 2024 – Viazi platform development co-funded by the European Union
Common Questions
On Viazi, individuals and companies can contribute to solving world hunger and climate change. Viazi does that by delivering smart and sustainable potato farming resources to East African smallholder farmers, which will increase their productivity, reduce their environmental footprint, and make them economically self-sufficient.
Viazi tokens are the proof of the climate and social impact you create. One Viazi token stands for one tonne of reduced carbon emissions (per year), and also serves as the proof of the increased productivity, nutrition and income of the community. Viazi tokens have monetary value and they can be traded.
In Africa, up to 80% of the food is produced by smallholder farmers, many of them women, using ineffective crops and farming methods. Switching to modern potato farming increases their productivity by up to 3X and reduces their climate impact by up to 60%. Also potato provides significantly better nutrition (increased iron and vitamin C intake and protein quality) and a better and more stable source of income.
The recipients of the Viazi packages are carefully selected communities in East Africa. They are smallholder communities or cooperatives who want to learn modern potato farming but do not have financial resources to invest in the technology and knowhow. Viazi’s potato farming package will turn the farmers economically self-sufficient agro-entrepreneurs over three seasons (12-18 months), after which they will not need any more external funding.
The farmers will receive a Viazi potato farming package for 3 seasons. The package includes climate smart inputs (certified seed potatoes, fertilizers, biofertilizers) and equipment (solar-powered irrigation pumps, drip kits, mechanization tools, weather stations, etc.), along with training in good agricultural practices and a digital guidance app.
Your investment is directed towards a speficic community. You can track the progress of your community on our site and through the link you receive upon making an investment on Viazi. You can follow the progress through video updates, satellite images, and progress metrics reported on our site.
Viazi gets revenue from delivering the potato farming packages. All the components of the packages are purchased at a market price, so Viazi will not charge any overhead, but Viazi will get a commission for all purchased farming resources from the suppliers. Viazi also gets revenue from organisations for customised compensation and social impact solutions.
Viazi is all about transparency. On Viazi, you will be able to track the climate and social impact your investment is making. Viazi is trusted by some of the world’s leading food production companies and listed companies.
Viazi was founded in 2023 in Finland by Antti Hintikka and Marko Myllyluoma, two experienced businessmen and entrepreneurs who have been working in food production and emerging markets for the majority of their careers. Antti and Marko wanted to create a sustainable business that bears meaning for themselves and the whole planet.