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Organization: Word Food Program
Category: Food
Country: Pakistan

General Information
*0.1 Please tell us about your organization, what kind of work you do, and how it is important.
The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using
food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability, and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters,
and the impact of climate change.
In a world of plenty, where enough food is produced to feed everyone on the planet, hunger should be a thing of the
past. However, conflict, climate change, disasters, inequality, and – most recently – the COVID-19
pandemic means one in nine people globally is still going to bed hungry and famine looms for millions.

A member of the UN family, WFP is governed by an Executive Board consisting of 36 Member States, which provides
intergovernmental support, direction, and supervision of WFP’s activities. The organization is headed by an Executive
Director, who is appointed jointly by the UN Secretary-General and the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations. Powered by the passion, dedication, and professionalism of our 20,992 staff
worldwide, the World Food Programme (WFP) works in over 120 countries and territories to bring life-saving food to
people displaced by conflict and made destitute by disasters and to help individuals and communities find life-
changing solutions to the multiple challenges they face in building better futures. In conflict situations, we bring relief
to exhausted populations and use food assistance to build pathways to peace and stability – work for which WFP was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.

Feeding millions of the world’s hungriest people and helping millions more cope with the effects of conflict, climate
change, and entrenched poverty requires billions of dollars every year – our funding requirement for 2022 stands
at US$22.2 billion to reach 152 million people. Our operations are entirely funded through the generous voluntary
contributions of donor governments, institutions, corporations, and individuals. A total of 93.5 percent of all
government contributions go directly to supporting lifesaving and life-changing operations.

Agenda 2030 clearly states that sustainable development will only be possible through effective partnerships. True to
its spirit, WFP works with governments, other UN agencies, NGOs, private companies, and others to mobilize
resources, find innovative solutions, and reach vulnerable communities with the assistance they need, when they
need it. WFP holds itself and its staff to the highest standards of integrity and behaviour. We are committed to full
transparency and accountability to the people we serve and to the donors who generously fund our operations.

To ensure that we are fit for purpose and that we remain so in a constantly and rapidly changing environment, we
carry out periodic independent evaluations that provide donors and partners with greater detail about the
effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, impact, and sustainability of our work, and that helps us to continue improving.
We work to enhance nutrition in women and children, support smallholder farmers in improving productivity and
reducing losses, help countries and communities prepare for and cope with climate-related shocks, and boost human
capital through school feeding programs. Our operations are entirely funded through the generous voluntary
contributions of donor governments, institutions, corporations, and individuals.

To get to Zero Hunger, food is not enough. Providing food assistance in an emergency can save lives, but the right
nutrition at the right time can also help change lives and break the cycle of poverty. This is why, as the leading
organization providing food assistance to the world’s most vulnerable, the World Food Programme (WFP) prioritizes
nutrition as a core element of its work.
Despite significant progress over recent decades, poor nutrition remains a colossal and universal problem, with one in
three people on the planet affected by some form of malnutrition. Undernutrition – inadequate energy or nutrients –
continues to affect more than 150 million children worldwide, while rates of overweight and obesity are also rising in
all countries. Conflict and natural disasters are exacerbating the problem. Malnutrition at its extremes can be a matter
of life and death, and in the long term can hold back people and countries, undermining economies, and
development. 

One of the biggest challenges we have in Pakistan is addressing stunting and the overall nutrition deficit.
In Pakistan, National Nutrition Survey 2018 revealed a triple burden of malnutrition among children under 5 years of
age: undernutrition, hidden hunger caused by a lack of essential nutrients, and overweight. It noted that 40.2% of
children are stunted, as measured as the height too short for their age; 17.7% are wasted, or too thin for their height;
28.9% are underweight; with more than half being anemic and suffering from deficiencies in essential nutrients and
vitamins such as iron (28.6%), zinc (18.6%), vitamin A (51.5%) and vitamin D (62.7%) while 9.5% are overweight or
obese. Poor diets are a common denominator for all forms of malnutrition. The lack of diet diversity, whether because
of poverty, unaffordability, challenging food environment, and/or choices are key contributors to poor nutrition across
the life stages. In Pakistan, only 3.6 percent of children 6-23 months are achieving the Minimum Acceptable Diet
across the country and even lower among rural populations.

Area Of work:

Our area of work is Acute chronic malnutrition vitamin and mineral deficiencies. To cater the malnutrition WFP started
a fortification project small-scale wheat flour fortification. The prime Gole of the Fortification project is to reduce
micronutrient deficiencies through nutritionally improved diets in a safe and sustainable manner, especially for
women and children with the objectives of Strengthening and extending the enabling environment and regulatory
monitoring and enforcement of LSFF through the public sector. Expanding and sustaining LSFF, in compliance with
national fortification standards, by the private sector. Strengthening the design, monitoring, and evaluation of
fortification programs. Garnering and mobilizing global commitment, leadership, and resources to scale LSFF.

Wheat flour is the staple food in Pakistan with 124 Kg per capita per annum consumption thus is an excellent tool to
improve the diet nutritionally with the addition of micro-nutrients through fortification.

With an increasing percentage of businesses and retailers, relevant industries, and even general consumers sourcing
their staple food from small flour mills it’s almost 70% of consumers nationwide. These mills represent a huge
opportunity to increase the e availability and intake of nutrients. This is unique since most previous experience in
large-scale fortification could not be sustained due to the unavailability of the market. In contrast, WFP brings the
value of the improved food system by an evident increase in numbers and proportion Wheat flour is the staple food in
Pakistan with 124 Kg per capita per annum consumption thus is an excellent tool to improve the diet nutritionally with
the addition of micro-nutrients through fortification.

With an increasing percentage of businesses and retailers, relevant industries, and even general consumers sourcing
their staple food from flour mills, these mills represent a huge opportunity to increase the availability and intake of
nutrients. This is unique since most previous experience in large-scale fortification could not be sustained due to
unavailability of market. In contrast, WFP brings value of improved food system by evident increase in numbers and
proportions of household preferring the fortified flour from 25% in December 2020 to almost 80% towards 2021
through the program,” fortification i.e. tackling micronutrient deficiencies through innovation. constitutes a game-
changing solution. Noushonama program under social protection etc. The fortification of wheat flour milled by the
large scale mills creates a unique opportunity for small-entrepreneurs to contribute to national agenda on improved
nutrition hand in-hand with the government and WFP while gaining the visibility, increased demand and developing
linkages with government and other social protection programmes.

*0.2 What is the annual revenue of your organization?

less than $1m

$1m to <$5m
$5m to <$10m
$10m to $25m
 $25m to $50m
>$50m

*0.3 What is the number of employees in your organisation? (numerical value only)

20,992

*0.4 Please select the type of your organisation.

Small and Medium Enterprise

Non-Profit Organisation Other

*0.5 Please provide the areas in which your organization is most active.

Crop Farming
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Forestry
Livestock
Other

Processing , Post Harvest Losses

*0.6 Please provide the activities in which your organization is most active.

Agriculture
Food Processing
Wholesale and Food
Distribution
Food Services
Project Development & Deployment
Investment
Research & Development
Other
*0.7 In one sentence, what is your sustainability solution?

Providing fortified wheat flour to malnourished communities by linking the small mills and
businesses, shops, and marts.
*0.8 Please provide an executive summary of your solution (include market fit, end-user
demographics, scale, scope and benefits).
Pakistan is losing 2 - 3 percent of its GDP annually due to a high burden of malnutrition which unfortunately has not
changed over the last four decades. The NNS 2018 revealed very high rates of micronutrient deficiencies - 41.7%
women of reproductive age (WRA) in Pakistan are anaemic, 18.2% iron deficient. The problem repeats itself in
children with 53.7% of under 5s suffering from anaemia, The lack of iron, Folic acid zinc, vitamin B12 and other
minerals, limits ability to fight disease, making it a major contributor to high maternal newborn and child death rates.
Malnourishment also affects cognitive and physical development, ultimately leading to reduced learning abilities and
lower productivity in adulthood. Pakistan’s rates of malnutrition are stagnating compared to reductions seen in
neighbouring countries.
Nearly half of all children in Pakistan are anemic and almost one-third of these children have iron deficiency anemia.
Micronutrient deficiencies can lead to long-term cognitive, motor and health impairments, making it difficult for
these children to realize their optimal potential. The anthropometric deficits, although prevalent across the country,
are systematically higher in peri-urban and rural areas where a majority of Pakistan’s207 million population lives. It
would be extremely unfortunate if the future of a countless number of Pakistani children is jeopardized, due to a
preventable problem.

Several initiatives are already in place to reduce malnutrition in Pakistan. Vision 2025 envisages a hunger free
Pakistan, providing safe food and adequate nutrition for the whole population. A multi-sector nutrition strategy for
Pakistan is underway and provincial multisector nutrition strategies have been developed but have yet to be
developed into plans. A revitalized National Fortification Alliance is in operation, and all provinces have constituted
Provincial Fortification Alliances.

Malnutrition can be addressed by using low cost and proven interventions such as large-scale wheat flour fortification.
Wheat flour fortification is the most cost-effective strategy, providing nutritional benefits without requiring people to
change their eating habits or purchasing patterns. In Pakistan, wheat flour fortification is central to overcoming these
deficiencies. National standards now require that wheat flour be fortified with iron, folic acid, Vitamin B12 and zinc,
Adequate nutrients supplied through fortified wheat flour should ideally form part of a balanced diet.

Micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) play an important role for the healthy functioning of our body – one missing
nutrient can disrupt the whole metabolic system in our body affecting our ability to digest or absorb foods. According
to nutrition experts, we need more than fifty nutrients every day, and while they are required in small quantities, their
absence causes serious health problems. Micronutrients work as co-factors, helping digestion, absorption and
metabolism and affecting our health in general. Fortifying the wheat flour with essential minerals by providing the
micro feeders to the small scale flour mills, capacity building, and providing premix. The packed fortified wheat flour
with fortified logo then marketed through developing linkages between producer and sellers online business such as
food panda, Jovi etc. Demand generation of fortified wheat flour was conducted through LHWs social mobilizers,
social mobilization activities on mega marts, and stores they took fortified wheat and massage door to door.

*0.9 Have you applied to the Zayed Sustainability Prize before?

No

*0.9.1 If yes, what is different in your submission this year?

*0.10 Please provide financial Information of last three (03) fiscal years.

*0.11 If you are a for-profit organisation, what is the gross profit margin for past 3 years?
 Innovation

Innovation refers to a novel solution or a transformation of an existing solution that solves a challenge or a
need, generates value and brings significant positive impact.

A solution can be a technology, a service or a business model.

The innovation criterion requires organizations to demonstrate that their solution:

• has a unique value proposition;?

• is disruptive or transformative.
• is technically and commercially viable; and
• is adopted by the market.

The Prize does not award early stage start-ups, demonstration projects, prototypes or solutions that have not
demonstrated any impact on the ground.

*1.1 Please select which of the following statements applies to your solution.

A new/novel technology that doesn't exist anywhere else

Transformation of an existing solution
Other

*1.1.1 What evidence do you have that supports the above statement?

*1.2 Please outline what is the unique value proposition of your solution and how it is
disruptive or transformative?

*1.3 Why is your solution better than existing alternatives? Please explain how your solution
is different to that offered by any competitors or others in this space?

*1.4 At what stage of maturity is your solution?

*1.4.1 Please provide evidence that demonstrates the above statement including information
about the number and growth rate of end-users, customers, or clients that have adopted your
solution.

*1.5 Do you have a way of protecting your innovations from being copied by your
competitors?

*1.5.1 Please explain how, including patent numbers or hyperlinks if appropriate

 Impact

Impact refers to a positive change that addresses social, economic, technological and/or environmental
challenge(s) and has proven to make the world a better place by improving the well-being of humanity.

The impact criterion requires organisations to demonstrate that:

• their solution has a positive impact on the quality of peoples' lives;

• they are resilient to potential social, economic, technological, and environmental challenges;
• they have good governance by employing skilled people and establishing fair policies;
• they have a detailed plan of how the Prize money would be used to further increase their impact.
*2.1 Please detail how your solution has improved people's lives?

1. Additional Income to 455 Women Farmers turned micro-entrepreneurs increasing their profit by 50-
200% Annually disbursing $515k directly to ME 2. Assured market to Grower Farmers: S4S procures
more than 22,750 tons of fresh vegetables from farmers as per the agreed pricing and makes immediate
payments to them. With the assured market, S4S has helped the farmers switch from commodity cash
crops to horticulture giving them better income 3. 36% Increased Improve hemoglobin and nutrition
level (daily dietary diversity score) of farmer families 4. Food security to rural livelihood 5. Providing
nutrient-dense products to consumers

*2.2 How many people have directly benefited from your solution? (numerical value only; no
commas or periods allowed)

35820

*2.3 Does your solution help to end hunger and malnutrition?

Yes
No

*2.3.1 If yes, please elaborate, how?

Due to the availability of the SCD, the women preserve seasonal produce during the surplus season and
consume it during the lean period to overcome malnutrition. A 36% increase was observed in the
Dietary Diversity Score and an increase in the mean Hb value by 0.83 g/dL for 200+ women. This study
was with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, and the Department of Biotechnology. S4S
with its partner National Institute of Nutrition, Hegdewar Hospital, SPMESM have impacted: # People
improved access to nutrition: 1,070,000 # Reproductive women with improved hemoglobin
profile:30,000 # People supported undernutrition awareness:250,000 Implemented in Bangladesh
toowithUSAID
*2.4 Does your solution help to increase agricultural productivity?

Yes
No

*2.5 Does your solution improve sustainable food production systems?

Yes
No

*2.5.1 if yes, How you’re your solution help maintain or improve food ecosystems?

The methane emissions from food wasted results are 86 times more potent in driving temperature
increases than CO2 emissions.S4S prevents Annually 22,750 Tons of food from getting wasted by
making it non-perishable.S4S reduces the need for transportation by reducing the volume to 8 times by
removal of water at the farm gate and reducing the need for transportation by 8X, thus saving on CO2
emissions. Also, S4S processes the produce where produced making the supply chain leaner and
sustainable And using the same energy for preservation for processing the produce. Thus running a
carbon-positive and sustainable enterprise.

*2.6 Which of the following

Economic
Environmental
Political
Societal
Technological
Other
None

*2.6.1 Please elaborate how you have overcome the challenges selected above?

1.Adoption cycle: S4S works in the Agri sector with 1 year of annual cycle time. S4S has identified
crops in a manner that for the entire year farmers have crops to process. 2.Gender Factor: Women in
rural areas don't have decision-making power in the household and financial decisions. To overcome
this issue, S4S has designed a model to enable women participation: With No upfront capital required
for asset purchase, No need to travel outside for training, Training, and Development Services at the
doorstep ensures that women save time and have no dependence on male members to do business.

*2.7 Please elaborate how your solution has improved inclusion and equality? (e.g., gender
equality, inclusion or empowerment of disadvantaged community members etc.)
 S4S empowers landless women farmers training them to be micro-entrepreneurs and equipping them
with access to finance technology, and market linkage.S4S provides an assured additional income to
these women, increasing their annual profit by 50-200% and giving money directly in the hands. As the
money-earner of the family, these poor women who were earlier treated as mere labor have now
progressed as decision-makers of the family.
They have gained a new economic and social identity as leaders, entrepreneurs, grassroots advocates,
and climate change-maker driving social and political change in family and community.

*2.8 How many jobs have been created as a result of your solution?

515

*2.9 Has your solution created any impact beyond 'Food', in the following areas? (you can
select multiple options)

Health
Energy
Water
None of these

*2.9.1 Please explain how your solution has improved people's lives in other areas, selected
above. (Please include relevant metrics)

Energy: -S4S business model involves manufacturing and installing high-quality solar dryers at the farm
level to farmers helping them increase their profit - The energy-efficient technology is designed keeping
women at the centre making it easy to use - S4S has 2500+ installations across 15 countries saving S4S
dryers process food at a lower temperature, retaining nutrition, aroma, taste, and affordability retaining
85-95% of nutrition S4S farm-gate is the most
energy-efficient supply chain - as we process where we produce, reduction in volumes reduces the need
for transportation by 8 times saving 30,930 diesel and kerosene Health : Due to the availability of the
SCD, the women preserve seasonal produce during the surplus season and consume it during the lean
period to overcome malnutrition. A 36% increase was observed in the Dietary Diversity Score and an
increase in the mean Hb value by 0.83 g/dL for 200+ women. This study was with the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation, USAID, and the Department of Biotechnology. S4S with its partner National
Institute of Nutrition, Hegdewar Hospital, SPMESM have impacted: # People improved access to
nutrition: 1,070,000 # Reproductive women with improved hemoglobin profile:30,000 # People
supported undernutrition awareness:250,000 Implemented in Bangladesh too with USAID

*2.9.2 Please quantify the impact in the areas, selected above. You can add more rows (up to
5)

Impact Number (please also input

Area Impact Description
unit of measure)
 Food Food Wastage Prevented 22,750 ton/year

People Supported with Nutrition

Food/Nutrition 1,070,000
rich Food Supply

Environment Lifetime CO2 Saving 300,000 ton

Increase in women farmer’s

Economical USD 1,000- USD 1,200
income

People supported under nutrition

Food/Nutrition 250000
awareness

*2.10 Please describe what other food challenge(s) you have targeted and summaries the
outcomes and impact. (Please include any relevant metrics)

Project Title: Ensure year-wise nutritional food security to Indian Women through Community level
implementation of Domestic Solar Conduction Dryer (SCD) [Supported under Grand Challenges India,
funded by BIRAC, Gates Foundation, USAID, and DBT] Based on the positive impact such as increase
in dietary diversity and income, and reduction in anemia, S4S received another grant from USAID as a
part of its “Feed the Future: Grand Challenge on Leveraging Agriculture to Improve Nutrition” program
to initiate a similar project in Bangladesh A 36% increase was observed in the Dietary Diversity Score
in the intervention group as compared to the control group in the lean season.

*2.11 Who was responsible for governing your solution? Please note both specific individuals
in your organisation as well as referencing advisory boards, steering committees or other
governance bodies?

S4S is governed by a strong and experienced board comprising of global marquee investors - Sunanda
Madan of Acumen Fund and Seth Silverman of Factor[e] Ventures. The board of Directors also
includes Hemendra Mathur who is a pioneer in the global agri-food industry.
The board also includes 2 Founder Directors - Myself and my colleague - Ashwin Pawade. S4S's
impact is monitored and governed by Shell Foundation, DBS Foundation, and Yunus Social
Business. S4S advisory committee includes members from AgFunder USA, Unreasonable Group,
Yunus Social Business, DBS Bank, Government of India, UN Women and World Economic Forum,
Accenture.

*2.12 Please provide a detailed plan on how you would use the prize money to further increase
your impact. (Include project objective, scope and timeline)

The prize money will be used to expand the Women Framer Turned Micro-Entrepreneur network and
also the grower farmer network along with skill development and nutrition training
: Sourcing: Q1 and Q2 ( from the time money received) Objective: Develop, test, and productized
optimal tech integrated raw material sourcing for other categories and geographies Scope: To procure
350 Tons per day of cosmetically damaged produce Products: Chilli, Pepper, Cashew, Coconut,
Tomatoes, Bananas Impact: Help save 350 Tons of produce
 Per Day from getting wasted Processing: Q2 To Q4 Objective: To process the cosmetically damaged
produce to value-added products expanding to different geographies Set up systems and processes for
logistics, quality control, digitization, governance Scope: To expand to 2500 ME providing $2.5 Million
as additional income to ME Impact: Process 125,000 Tons of produce annually from getting wasted and
provide $2.5 million total income to ME Nutrition Training and Acess : Q1 to Q4 People with improved
access to nutrition - Over 520,000 Reproductive women with improved hemoglobin profile 200,000
People to be supported undernutrition awareness: 1050,000 Monitoring and evaluation systems with
impact measurement matrix tools

*2.13 Which of the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) does your solution
address? (You can choose multiple options)

SDG 1: No Poverty
SDG 2: Zero Hunger
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
SDG 4: Quality Education
SDG 5: Gender Equality
SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth SDG
9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure SDG 10:
Reduced Inequality
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13: Climate Action
SDG 14: Life Below Water
SDG 15: Life on Land
SDG 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
SDG 17: Partnerships to Achieve the Goal

*2.14 How is your solution or organisation addressing COVID-19 pandemic?

The pandemic also served as a surprising validation of S4S’s decentralized model. Following the
“great reverse migration,” in which a mass movement of migrant laborers returned home, many
farmers were in search of livelihood options that did not require travel outside of their village. Their
families struggled with food insecurity and disrupted access to the market. S4S was flooded with
inquiries for processing partnerships who lost their access to markets and now can earn additional
income without moving out of their villages and earn income by processing at farm/home. S4S has a
pipeline of 2000 ME to enter processing.
 Inspiration

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding father of the UAE, was a pioneering advocate of global
sustainability and human development. Leading by example, he placed great value in the pursuit of socio-
economic development that meets the needs of both current and future generations. Continued through the
Prize, Sheikh Zayed’s legacy is a source of inspiration for the entire world.

The inspiration criterion requires organisations to demonstrate that their solution:

• reflects Sheikh Zayed’s core values – tolerance, sustainability and human development that were central to
his own approach and actions;
• has inspired and influenced other organisations to advance sustainable and human development; and
• has further inspired sustainable actions from the wider community by instigating behavioural
changes.

*3.1 What (or who) inspired you to develop this solution and how does that reflect Sheikh
Zayed's legacy?

Born in one of the most drought-hit districts of India Beed, Maharashtra in a farming family, I learned
at an early age that while we had enough land to till, there was no water, market, or credit available to
support the land leaving us crippled in a debt cycle. Pushing many of the community members to take
extreme steps (suicide). Also in the local market, I also saw most of the produce getting wasted, and
farmers never get the right price for their produce. Growing up amidst these challenges - inspired me to
commit to building a sustainable and equitable food system. With a doctorate in Sustainable Agriculture
Technologies, I founded S4S Technologies- science for society with sustainability and human
development at the core of it. Working with farmers for the past 20 years - the S4S solution is designed
to reduce wastage and helping women farmers transform into entrepreneurs and move out of poverty.
S4S's work is aligned and reflects Sheikh Zayed's core values working towards people, planet, and
prosperity. Our farmers and our Team inspire us every day to do better and so do our partners as they
guide us to do better.

*3.2 What is your organisation's long term vision for sustainable development in the next 5
years and why is it realistic?

In the next 5-10 years, our long term vision is to scale our commitment towards UN Sustainable
Development Goals of : - GOAL 2: Zero Hunger: S4S is providing food security to vulnerable
communities and aims to scale this to 10 million individuals over a period of 5 years in 4 geographies in
Asia and Africa - GOAL 5: Gender Equality: With S4S's commitment to empowering landless women
farmers, S4S aims to reach 1 Million women globally with skill development in the market, finance,
and technology - GOAL 1: No Poverty: Aim to provide an additional income to 5000 women
entrepreneurs helping them move-out-of-poverty - GOAL 17: Partnerships to Achieve the Goal - S4S
partners with government, businesses, civic society, farmers, think tanks to achieve the goals - GOAL
7: Affordable and Clean Energy -
 S4S provides affordable clean energy solution Solar dryer to Women Farmers - GOAL 8: Decent Work
and Economic Growth - S4S provides rural communities with an assured income working at their home
without the need to do labor work - GOAL 12: Responsible consumption and production: S4S will
continue reducing food wastage saving CO2 to enter the environment

*3.3 If you won the Prize, how many more people do you estimate would benefit from your
solution over the next five years? (numerical value only)

5000000

*3.4 Please elaborate on whether you are working with (or worked with) other groups or
organisations to achieve your impact and how have you inspired them to advance sustainable
and human development?

S4S partners with local governing bodies at the village level to strengthen raise awareness about
nutrition and food wastage. This successful partnership has inspired the government to replicate this
model in other states of India.S4S partners with financial institutions like DBS Bank to make finance
available to the farmers.S4S also partners with NGOs for providing advisory services to the grower
farmers.S4S also relies on partners like UN WOMEN for
co-developing women-centric solutions. The other important partners are research institutions like the
National Institute of Nutrition and UDCT.S4S also partners with grant-making organizations like
USAID, DFID, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,
 Other Information

*4.1 Please explain why you deserve to win the Prize?

We believe we are deserving of this recognition as our vision is coherent with Sheikh Zayed's core
values and vision.S4Ss solution is win-win for the entire food ecosystem - transforming the way in
which food is preserved, produced, distributed and consumed. S4S's positive impact is on the
environment, societal ( women farmers), government and economical - making it a robust business and
impact model. And all of this along-with a very fast-growing business which is financially sustainable.
S4S's business model has a large scale positive impact integrated in the model.S4S has a capable Team
committed to the vision of transforming food ecosystem .S4S' solution is tested globally and has the
potential to scale to other smallholder farmers. Winning this prize will help us scale our solution
globally and an opportunity to be amongst the other pioneers in the domain exploring partnerships,
This recognition will accelerate our work towards - 1. Target Saving over 60 million tons of fruit and
vegetable loss 2. Overcome Indian malnutrition which is 1/3rd of global population 3. Reduce farmer
poverty and suicides which have hit to 250,000 suicides recently in India 4. Challenge of gender
equality 5. Challenge of climate change by using solar energy

Impact Video

You are required to submit a video pitch, not exceeding two minutes, We strongly encourage your video to
show your solution in action. Additional elements of the video could address the following:
1. what challenge or need are you addressing;
2. what is innovative and unique about your solution;
3. explain how your solution has had a positive impact on people’s lives;
4. what is your long-term vision and how the prize money would contribute to this achievement.
5. why should you win the Prize?

https://youtu.be/kOw2crAejvI
,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU62Ad8fL7M&ab_channel=swapnil34rk,
 Networking

Responses in this section are not part of the evaluation/scoring process.

Information provided in this section will be used to help increase networking and engagement across the
network of Zayed Sustainability Prize applicants, finalists and winners. Please respond to all questions that
apply to you.

5.1 Have you been in contact with any previous Zayed Sustainability Prize winners or
finalists?

No

5.2 Would you be interested in working with other finalists or winners?

Yes

5.3 Would you be willing to be matched with a Global High School to support their solutions?

Yes

5.4 Do you currently have any operations in the UAE at present?

Yes
No

5.5 Are you also looking to raise further Project Equity Investment for a future project?

Yes
No

5.5.1 If yes, please briefly describe this project/investment opportunity?

5.5.2 If yes, How much money would you like to raise for this project (in US$)

8000000

5.5.3 If yes, What returns would you expect to be able to offer Equity investors for
this project? (In %)

25

5.5.4 If yes, What year would the project start generating returns to investors?

2023

5.5.5 If yes, Please provide other relevant details you wish potential investors to be aware
of: (Please note a separate information request may follow to collect further details)
 With a market size of USD 17 billion, India’s 11% of fruit and vegetable supplies are consumed by
industrial segments. This customer segment sees challenges of daily purchase, long preparation time,
high cost, and losses. With the Series A Round, S4S plans to achieve the following in 18 months after
fundraise: - Develop, test, and productized optimal tech integrated raw material sourcing of processing
and non-processing grade produce via farmers, FPOs, and aggregators to meet a scale of 3500 tons/day
(1mil tons/year) in 2024 -Revenue: USD 2 Million/month with 25% margins - MEs expansion to 2500 -
Build Sales Team along with support Teams HR, finance and Farm team - Capex reduction of 25% for
the given throughput
- Consolidate position in existing products and market segments to become the leading provider of dried
onion, garlic, ginger, tomato - Invest in S4S brand strengthening in existing customer segments to build
loyal customer case - Strengthen systems for and tightly manage sales, service, quality complaint, and
delivery processes to maintain high customer satisfaction

5.5.6 If yes, Would you be willing for these details of your submission to be shared with
potential UAE and international investors? (Please note a separate information request
may follow to collect further details)
Yes
No
5.5.7 If yes, Would you be prepared to travel to the UAE to meet potential investors?
 Yes
No

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