to create prosperity for vulnerable farming communities
The Current Climate
Climate change and changing global macroeconomics are disrupting our food systems like never before!
This has created a vast market for local African alternatives, like cassava.
Cassava is particularly remarkable because it has incredible climate-resilient, health, and taste properties.
Problem
Despite cassava’s amazing benefits, the tuber spoils only 3 days after harvest, with over 50% of the global annual harvest lost on average. Consequently, a majority of the 20 million cassava farmers in the world today, 75% of whom are women, live in extreme poverty — on under a dollar a day per capita income.
Our Innovation
At CassVita, we have invented a simple methodology for increasing the shelf-life of cassava from 3 days to 18 months. With our technology, farmers lose 0% of their harvest and are able to increase their incomes.
Our Future
We envision a world in which our process becomes “the playbook for how cassava is done” and by doing so, we hope to create prosperity for the 20 million cassava farmers in the world.
A Family From
The Roots
1250
Farmers in network
95
%
Women
400
%
Income Increase
Thoughts From Experts
Our CEO shares thoughts on innovation and impact at TEDxMIT.
CASSVITA IS MAKING WAVES
We have been featured in Forbes, the New York Times, MIT News, Harvard News, to name a few.