Using VitaGoat & SoyCow Systems- also featuring the SolarFlex Dryer

Improved Food Securityand Rural Employment with

Local Processing of Soy

MM: Improved Food Security with Local Processing of Soy

Malnutrition is highest in rural areasRoads and industrial infrastructure are poor in rural areasSmall-scale local processing is ideal:

Lowest-cost complete protein foods are produced in the local communities VitaGoat and SoyCow food enterprises provide employment for unskilled womenEnterprises become self-sufficient within one year

Other low-cost, simple health interventions can be provided in tandem

Micro-nutrient fortification (1/4 cent per dose)De-worming medicine (4 cents per year)

Soymilk being made near Eldoret, Kenya

Why are Soyfoods Ideal for Development?

Large variety of locally processed low-cost foodsSoymilk, tofu, soy yogurt, sour soymilk (low-cost dairy alternatives)Okara (soybean pulp) can be added to foods or sold for feedProvides local jobs & training through sustainable micro-enterprise

Nutritional UsesSafe hydration through high-temperature processMicronutrient delivery capabilityIdeal HIV/AIDS protein nutrition and weaning foods

Environmentally friendly20 times more efficient with respect to land and energy usageUp to 10 times more efficient with respect to water usage

2 “Diet, Energy and Global Warming”; Gidon Eshel and Pamela A. Martin; Department of Geophysical Sciences,University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (December 2005)

School children getting soymilk in Uganda

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Grinding soaked soybeans in Tanzania, before making soymilk

Environmental Sustainability & Increased Income: Local Cultivation of Soybeans

Numerous studies have shown that soybeans can greatly benefit small landholders in many regions in Africa and Asia

can be added as an alternate crop to prevalent rice, maize and cassavaCan directly increase farmer’s income through sale of the soy crop for local useCan indirectly increase the farmer's income via improved nitrogen fixation and resultant productivity increase for rice, maize and cassavaImproves the soil and reduces need for fertilizer

VitaGoats / SoyCows

Existing

Committed (2013)

February 2013

VitaGoat, SoyCow and SolarFlex Installations by

Region

212

41

20+5

44+12

22+2

28 10+13

79+9

3

42

6+2

10 3

SolarFlex Dryers

Existing

Committed (2012)

21

2

2

The VitaGoat System

VitaGoat System

PedalPro – Cycle Grinder

Water Pump

Filter Press

Multi-fuel Boiler

Pressure Cooker

TodayVitaGoat technology transfer to India completed in 2006; to Thailand in 2010; to Myanmar in 2013; training and support centers operational in India, Myanmar & Africa (5)MM has installed over 200 VitaGoats & SoyCows in 18 African countries, India, Thailand, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Brazil, Myanmar & North KoreaNew-generation SoyCow models are available (Electric hybrids of the VitaGoat optimized for soymilk)New-generation PedalPro systems are available to grind soybeans and other produce, as well as generate DC electricity and pump waterProjects in Liberia, North Korea, Malawi and Myanmar are seeing the most growth, currentlyInterest in the VitaGoat and SoyCow, as a vehicle for community development, continues to increase

Soymilk for children and HIV patients at Embangweni Hospital, Malawi

Projects in AfricaOur partner DAPP in Malawi has one of the largest new African projects- 10 new systems in transit to add to 4 now operatingTheir sister organization ADPP in Mozambique also installed 4 new systems (part of Humana)Both have Soy Processing Centres where they make and sell various soy food productsPartnership with TSBF in Kenya continues

One new Goat for Burundi and one for Congo

Our ninth VitaGoat in rural Liberia will be installed in t April 2013

School child in Malawi gets fresh soymilk

Project in Liberia

5-year project initiated in November 2010

Sub-contract to OIC International, funded by USAID – Food for Peace

5 VitaGoats now installed, four more soon, plus six ‘Small Farm’ SolarFlex dryers

For first five VitaGoats installed, 50 jobs created

Women selling soymilk at the roadside, Grand Geddeh county,

western Liberia

Projects in Asia

North Korea: First Steps 10 new SoyCows installed in 2012, total of 79

Myanmar – four systems for ZOA/WCM to be added in Feb/Mar; to make eight

India – 3 new systems in 2011/12 with 2 new partners

Children drinking fresh soymilk

in Yangon

Our Partners and Sponsors

African Development Bank / Ghana

Africare (USA)

Alpro N.V. (Belgium)

BISWA (India)

Child Haven – Donner Canadian Foundation

DAPP / PlanetAid (Malawi & Mozambique)

First Steps (Canada)

OIC International (USA)

WISHH (USA)

World Bank Dev’t Marketplace

ZOA / World Concern