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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
Common Questions
On Viazi 100% of your donation goes to the cause, there is no overhead or hidden costs. You will get full visibility of the delivery and impact of your donation.
On Viazi, you give useful farming resources to a smallholder community of your choice. When you donate a resource, your money goes directly and fully to the supplier of the resource. The supplier, typically a local company close to the receiving community, delivers the resource to the community. You will be able to track the delivery of your donation and its impact on the community.
After paying for a donation you will receive a link where you can track the delivery of your donation, get progress updates from the community and see the impact of your donation.
Viazi is all about transparency. 100% of your donation goes to the community of your choice and you will be able to track the delivery and impact of your donation. You can check our Partners page – some of the most prominent companies and organizations in food production and agriculture trust Viazi for delivering their products creating sustainable impact in communities.
The suppliers pay a normal commission to Viazi for the sold resources. Viazi also licenses its platform for companies who want to run charity projects and get accurate data on the impact – to reach their sustainability goals or compensate for their emissions.
Research shows that potatoes are one of the most productive and sustainable food crops. If a smallholder farmer switches from wheat or rice to modern potato farming the productivity can increase 3-fold and water consumption and carbon emissions can decrease by up to 80%.
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 business that has a purpose bigger than a paycheck.
The recipients of the donations are carefully selected communities in Africa and other emerging markets. They are smallholder villages of smallholder families, cooperatives or projects that want to learn modern potato farming but do not have financial resources to do so. Viazi’s goal is that each community will become self-sufficient by producing their own food, selling the surplus at market and investing the profit in more resources.