WENASHE FARMS
Revolutionising Food Security through Water-Energy Sustainable Agriculture Production Systems
The Problem
The agricultural sector in Zimbabwe and across Africa is facing a looming challenge as demand and cost for electricity for production, processing and value addition is projected to escalate rapidly. Farming businesses in the sector must grapple with a critical question: Can highly efficient production models be achieved without detriment to the environment? This challenge is compounded by the pressing issues of climate change, desertification, food security, food safety, and water shortages in the region. To address these urgent challenges, there is a crucial need to develop a circular economy model-led integrated food production systems. For Wenashe Farms, this system must tackle the scarcity of arable land exacerbated by population and economic growth by optimising resource utilisation. The solution must prioritise sustainable and resilient practices to produce high-quality, year-round food while meeting the escalating demand for food and energy and minimising environmental impact.
The Opportunity
The opportunity lies in aggregating local farmers, sharing information and infrastructure to capitalise on the growing demand regionally, for locally harvested, ultra-fresh, organic, and healthy food amid shifting consumer preferences. This presents lucrative markets for innovative farming and harvesting concepts that prioritise sustainability and environmental stewardship. By leveraging technologies like Hydroponics and Agrivoltaics (AgriPV), which enables dual-purpose land use for food and renewable energy production for on-site productive-use, there’s immense potential to maximise productivity per unit area while meeting the rising demand for nutritious food. This approach not only addresses food security concerns but also contributes to the conservation of land resources and mitigates environmental impact, aligning with global aims for sustainable agriculture and energy production.
Our Vision
At Wenashe Farms, our vision is to revolutionise food security in Zimbabwe by demonstrating that water-energy efficient systems for agricultural production can be location-independent. We aim to address food security through combined synergy production of meat protein & greens. Wenashe Farms seeks to collaborate with other outgrower small farmer collectives to build and operate community-anchoring, climate-smart farms on various commercial scales by using and sharing natural resources and production infrastructure wisely.
- Job creation
- Local solutions based on local farmer knowledge, which is intrinsic to sustainable and resilient agriculture
Beyond our own anchor farm production operations, Wenashe Farms aspires to become the market leader for innovative, climate-resilient, and resource-friendly farming systems: Delivering turn-key farming and white-label solutions for third-party vendors.
Our aim is to collaborate with Small Holder Farmers to produce premium, natural, pure, fresh, and above all, secure products. At Wenashe Farms, we are dedicated to creating a sustainable future for agriculture, ensuring food security, and delivering high-quality products that meet the evolving needs of consumers across the African Continent.
Advanced SDGs
Through a compelling business case, we seek the means to effect positive change. Environmental and social impacts are not solely technology-dependent; they are deeply ingrained in the company’s vision for the future of the world.
With our impact-driven business model, we are dedicated to making significant contributions toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Zimbabwe’s National Development Strategy (NDS1) 2030 agenda. Our approach aims to fulfil specific objectives on a project-by-project basis, focusing particularly on:
