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    • pitchIn the agrarian society of the Niger Delta, spillage from oil extraction causes pollution of soil and water stifles both fishing and farming activities, crippling the local economy where there is 85% adult unemployment. Our solution is "Maa-Bara," a scalable, locally sourced, locally crafted structure for the propagation of fish and vegetables atop this oil-polluted landscape. Translated "Water-Farm" in Ogoni language, Maa-Bara is a zero-waste sustainable agricultural model. Each Maa-Bara structure is designed to utilize kitchen scraps to feed tilapia fish. The tilapia produce waste, which becomes nutrient solution for hydroponics (growing vegetables without soil). In the summer of 2010, the team traveled to the Niger Delta and secured partnerships with Enterprise for Development International (formerly TechnoServe, Nigeria) and River State University of Science and Technology. In October of 2010, one of our team members constructed a 50-gallon proof-of-concept pilot. Shell Oil is on board to fund the roll out and scaling up of the project following a successful pilot in the Niger Delta. Innovations: Vertical design uses gravity for aeration of water in lieu of aerator. Vertical design creates shade for workers, fish, and plants. Peer-to-peer agricultural training program in the fishing villages of the Niger Delta, partnering with University. The problem: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/niger-delta-bears-brunt-after-50-years-of-oil-spills-421634.html
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    • whoweareOGHENERUNO OKIOMAH (rokiomah@alum.mit.edu) - Ogheneruno will head the execution of the pilot project of Maa-Bara in the Niger Delta in collaboration with the non-profit Enterprise for Development International (formerly TechnoServe Nigeria). Ogheneruno was raised in Nigeria and designed the Maa-Bara as her Master in Architecture thesis at MIT. Ogheneruno traveled to Nigeria (Summer 2011), secured commitment from RSUST (University in Nigeria), Enterprise for Development International (largest NGO in Nigeria) and the Bodo community to execute the project pilot in Niger Delta. ELISHA GOODMAN (elishag@mit.edu) - Elisha will facilitate the R&D (construction and operation) of a full-sized pilot in Lynn, MA in the summer of 2011, develop the peer-to-peer training program, and facilitate the roll out plan for regions beyond the Niger Delta. Elisha oversaw the implementation of a 50-gallon proof-of-concept aquaponics project in Lynn, Massachusetts (October 2011), demonstrating technical feasibility of the Maa-Bara system. Elisha is experienced with hands-on tropical agriculture and non-profit start-up and management. Elisha will graduate in June 2011 with a Master Degree from MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning . SANDY HUANG (swhuang@mit.edu) - Sandy will manage business development and finance of Maa-Bara. Sandy spent the last 4 years working at Amazon.com’s Corporate Development team, where she worked with several start-up ventures to optimize revenue performance, develop advertising strategies, and implement short-term and long-term growth initiatives. Sandy is an MBA student from MIT’s Sloan School of Management with a focus on social entrepreneurship and sustainability. DR. CALESTOUS JUMA (calestous_juma@harvard.edu) - Dr. Juma will fundraise for Maa-Bara via high level contacts in leadership at federal ministries, state governments and financial institutions including the World Bank and the African Development Bank. Dr. Juma is ready to conduct a parallel pilot in Kenya on his secured land because he was raised on tilapia! Calestous is Professor of Practice of International Development at the Harvard Kennedy School, founding Director of the African Centre for Technology Studies in Nairobi, author of, “The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa,” which details how agricultural innovation will be the key driver for economic development in Africa.
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    • description<h3>Problem</h3> <p>Without access to agricultural innovations, smallholder farmers must manually grow, harvest and process important food staples like maize (corn) and grains, which is labor intensive and time consuming. Conducting agricultural activities by hand also contributes to avoidable injuries and pulls children out of school, since producing food for survival takes priority over education in subsistence farming households. Manual work is typically less precise and much slower than technology, which can lead to unnecessary waste of crops as well as farming inputs like water and fertilizer. Furthermore, options to sell agricultural products at fair prices may be limited if farmers lack transportation, storage facilities and information about market prices.</p> <p>As a result of these and other factors, smallholder farmers may put in long hours of hard labor, but still struggle to capture enough value from their crops to support their households and remain vulnerable to seasonal and market variations.</p> <h3>Context</h3> <p>Agricultural innovations are potentially transformative, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where the sector accounts for the biggest share of the economy and employs over two-thirds of the population, either directly as farmers and laborers or indirectly as sellers and entrepreneurs. Research shows that agricultural innovations can help break the cycle of poverty by improving incomes while reducing hunger and malnutrition, which affect over 1 billion people and are contributing factors to the majority of the deaths of children under 5. The World Bank estimates that growth in the agricultural sector is twice as effective as other sectors in reducing poverty.</p> <p>Over the past few decades, billions of dollars have been invested in developing agricultural innovations. Some examples include:</p> <ul> <li>Improved seeds for higher yield, resistance to pests and disease, and better nutrition</li> <li>Environmentally sustainable farming techniques and fertilizers</li> <li>Affordable water pumps and drip irrigation systems</li> <li>Methods to convert agricultural waste into resources like charcoal and fuel</li> <li>Technologies for information transfer about market opportunities</li> <li>More efficient devices for post-harvest processing, transport and storage</li> </ul> <p>Yet adoption of these promising agricultural innovations has been far from ubiquitous, and remains especially low among the poor. Around the world, 550 million smallholder farmers still lack access to beneficial agricultural innovations. Poor farmers, who are mostly women and often less educated, may be left out of training services and have difficulty accessing credit, insurance, land, and markets. The Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI) has identified a spectrum of challenges to adoption of agricultural innovations, ranging from lack of information about available technologies and their benefits, to distribution issues stemming from weak supply chains and infrastructure (a summary is available online at http://atai-research.org/Our-Approach.html).</p> <h3>Solution</h3> <p>ATAI suggests that to maximize the impact of investments in agricultural innovations, we need to know why technologies that could dramatically improve people&rsquo;s lives are not being used and then determine how best to deliver them. This means understanding the political, economic and socio-cultural landscape as well as how smallholder farmers behave and make choices about the investments, utilities and risks associated with new innovations. It is also important to explore how barriers to adoption relate to one another and whether some consistently matter more than others. Targeting a single barrier without addressing others may be unsuccessful, but at the same time, attempting to overcome all barriers simultaneously may not be cost effective or necessary.<br /><br />This year's Yunus Challenge calls for locally and environmentally sustainable innovations to promote adoption of agricultural technologies among smallholder farmers for better livelihoods. <br /><br /></p> <h3><strong>Key Considerations and Judging Criteria</strong></h3> <p>The Yunus Challenge Award for 2010 will be given to participants who create an innovative solution that has the most potential to increase adoption of beneficial agricultural technologies among smallholder farmers to improve their livelihoods.<br /><br />Teams are encouraged to put energies toward creating solutions that overcome the behavioral and situational hurdles of agricultural technology adoption, rather than looking at the challenge only in technological terms. While not required, the proposed solution may involve a physical device. Solutions should be designed for implementation in communities living at or below the poverty level, where infrastructure is limited.<br /><br />Innovation, feasibility and impact will be important criteria in judging. Proposed solutions should be new, focus on measurable change, and aim for a price point that makes intervention accessible to the poorest populations and allows for dissemination on a large scale. Specific aspects to address include, but should not necessarily be limited to:<br />&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Affordability <br />&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Acceptability within the community (e.g., likelihood of adoption)<br />&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Livelihood impact (e.g., increased incomes from value-adding activities, time and labor saved)<br />&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Health impact (e.g., reduced hunger from higher yields, improved nutrition)<br />&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Environmental impact (e.g., waste reduction or reuse, decreased land and water degradation)<br />&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Scalabity <br /><br />Credit will be given for supporting rationale regarding how the solution will directly address the issues faced. For example, this rationale could include why the team decided to focus particular attention on solving one aspect of the challenge. However, if a team decides that another factor is equally significant, supporting evidence for this factor also should be provided. The needs of the poor are wide and varied and teams are not expected to address all issues surrounding adoption of agricultural technologies, however, proposed solutions should address a particular need and fill it well. Participants are encouraged to work on designs with a specific community or region in mind, as this can be helpful in identifying constraints and providing context.<br /><br />For more information or resources about the 2011 Yunus Innovation Challenge to Alleviate Poverty, please visit <a href="http://web.mit.edu/idi/yunus.shtml">http://web.mit.edu/idi/yunus.shtml</a> or contact Laura Sampath at lsampath [at] mit [dot] edu.</p> <h3>Supporting Initiatives</h3> <p>Opportunities are available for students who want to learn more about the challenge and the context in which a solution should operate. Students are encouraged to apply for Public Service fellowships, internships and grants that provide them with the opportunity to work on a potential program and with communities to develop a feasible solution which takes local context into account. For more information, please contact Alison Hynd at hynd@mit.edu.<br /><br />For additional support in gathering information about the local context, customs and conditions of a specific community or country, participants may leverage the expertise of D-Lab teams who have local partners in more than 20 countries and who will be doing field work over the 2011 January IAP session in eight countries across three continents. For more information, please contact d-lab@mit.edu. <br /><br />Participants also may enter proposals into the IDEAS Competition and MIT Global Challenge, where special awards have been created to provide winning teams with funding to pursue their ideas. For more information, please contact the globalchallenge [at] mit [dot] edu.</p> <h3>Sample Resources</h3> <ul> <li>Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative: <a href="http://atai-research.org">http://atai-research.org</a></li> <li>Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research: <a href="http://www.cgiar.org">http://www.cgiar.org</a></li> <li>Feed the Future: <a href="http://www.feedthefuture.gov">http://www.feedthefuture.gov</a></li> <li>Food and Agriculture Organization: <a href="http://www.fao.org">http://www.fao.org</a></li> <li>International Development Enterprises: <a href="http://www.ideorg.org">http://www.ideorg.org</a></li> <li>International Food Policy Research Institute: <a href="http://www.ifpri.org">http://www.ifpri.org</a></li> <li>International Fund for Agricultural Development: <a href="http://www.ifad.org">http://www.ifad.org</a></li> <li>Jameel Poverty Action Lab: <a href="http://www.povertyactionlab.org">http://www.povertyactionlab.org</a></li> <li>KickStart: <a href="http://www.kickstart.org">http://www.kickstart.org</a></li> <li>One Acre Fund: <a href="http://www.oneacrefund.org">http://www.oneacrefund.org</a></li> <li>World Food Programme: <a href="http://www.wfp.org">http://www.wfp.org</a></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="http://beta-globalchallenge.mit.edu/uploads/image/filename/yunus_footer_091710.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="45" /></p>
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          • areas_of_interestInterested in Sustainable design, Ogheneruno graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas in Arlington with a B.Sc. in Architecture and concentration in Sustainability. She holds a license in sustainable design (LEED AP) and has expanded her research in sustainability to encompass synergetic innovations for the socio-economic development of agro-rural communities. To achieve this, her projects involve the merging of traditional techniques with modern demands and technologies which result in optimized socio-cultural conditions with economic gain. Her research ground has been agricultural communities Japan, where she has executed 3 research trips and a summer internship, interspersed in her 2.5 year stint at MIT. For her final design project in Tane, Japan, Ogheneruno incorporated local feedback in reconfiguring the traditional rice-field landscape to accommodate agro-tourism, farmer housing and naturally occurring hot-springs while maximizing mechanized agricultural processes. Over the 2010 summer, the final design was exhibited in the Tane Community Hall where it was well received. Ogheneruno is attempting to learn Japanese.
          • skillsOgheneruno has a knack for networking, rethinking network relationships and linking the "haves" with the "have-nots". Over the summer of 2010, she received MIT funding to research the feasibility of the Maa-Bara production pod in the Niger Delta. There, Ogheneruno met with key community leaders and notable oil company executives who have agreed to contribute CSR funding upon successful prototype deployment. Ogheneruno will head the execution of the pilot project of Maa-Bara in collaboration with the non-profit Enterprise for Development International (formerly known as TechnoServe Nigeria).
          • bioBorn in the US and raised in Nigeria from age 8, Ogheneruno has spent much of her life intrigued with issues of cultural identity and hybridity. Growing up in the bustling economic capital, Lagos she experienced rural life during family Easter trips to her grandfather's home in the heart of the Niger Delta. These family visits continued for 7 years but so continued the hardship she witnessed. It was during these years she developed a nascent desire to tangibly assuage agro-rural hardship. With her predilection for creativity, innovation and knowledge acquisition she was fortunate enough study at MIT and earn a Master degree in Architecture that focused on socioeconomic development. Choosing action over complacency and optimism over despair, Ogheneruno crafted the Mara-Bara Project as her Masters thesis. It received substantial inter-departmental attention and was eventually selected for MIT Departmental Archiving. Since graduating in February 2011, she has devoted her energy to co-ordinating teams in the U.S. and Nigeria poised to translate this project from dream to reality.
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      • commentRuno . . Keep it up! You have my vote. "Best of luck"
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      • commentNice! all d best luv! x
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      • commentHope you win! I'll try to spread the word to some of my friends.
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      • commentRuno, your idea is very healthy :) I voted! Good luck to you!!
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      • commentYou've got my vote, Runo!
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      • commentRuno, this is wholesome! More power to your elbow!!
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      • commentI am voting for this Maa-Bara!
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      • nameAmrita Mahindroo
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      • commentVery exciting work
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      • commentI saw their presentation during the MIT Sloan Africa 2.0 event. It made me very proud to see the students deliver a solution to tackle a 50 year old problem in the Niger Delta. The economic and social impact is enormous and can be very profitable as long as they can engage the right resources on the ground to help them model it to fit the business/environmental conditions. This team has my vote!!..
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      • commentGreat cause. Keep up the good work Runo!
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      • commentThe beauty of this project is the way it builds on the strengths of a local culture in the face of massive challenges, needed change. Rather than a technical patch fix from outside, Runo provides a synthesis of knowledge that comes from local and global sources. Her solution builds capacity and sets the stage for long-term integration of cultural development, technical skill building and intentional and durable transformation. These are the hallmarks of truly sustainable design. I can't wait to see the first prototypes, and the project after 20 years. (The real test.) Congratulations on beginning a long and fruitful journey!
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      • commentThis is a very noble idea and every well meaning person should support.
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      • commentLovely project, projects like this are never too much especially in the Niger Delta region that provide the nation with enormous resources yet the indegenes live in abject poverty. l believe this will contribute positively to the lives of the people in that area. Well done!
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      • commentYou've got great energy Runo, I can tell you'll take this far!
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      • commentGreat Runo! Your presentation was amazing, and I believe everyone was captivated by your work and conviction. Looking forward to hearing more!
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      • commentgreat work Runo! You 've work so hard for this. Kudos
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      • commentNice work Runo! This is quite a challenging issue you have picked, but wish you a continuing success on this project! Look forward to seeing some pics and diagrams in near future!
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      • commentGreat work Runo, glad to see this building upon the thesis!
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      • commentCongratulations Team Maa-Bara. I too would love to see pictures from your trip and of the structure. Good luck!
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      • commentRuno, Great work! I'm so happy to see how this project has grown, how it started from a mere idea and has evolved to something that is definitely appropriate to the context, applicable, scalable and sustainable. Wishing you continued success.
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      • commentCongratulations. This sounds great.
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      • nameOpia 'Nero
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      • commentCongratulations Team Maa-Bara on this truly noble pursuit. From all indications the pillage & spillage has not been given the kind of reparative, that would ensure true sustainability for the land and its people. Being privy to the extent to which this onslaught has engendered poverty and its ilk, i must confess this is a true inspiration to me and many young persons who have watched this disheartening happenstance. I salute your courage and your efforts, i sincerely trust that your labour will make a distinctive difference in the niger delta region as you innovate and apply your somewhat tangible resources as it may seem. The people will be glad, the course will be furthered and your stake as individuals will gladden the hearts of those who had only wished for change but couldnt effect it in a practical way. Runo, I'm certain the ones before you would be delighted to see that you bear this cause and you carry it with actionable progress. I am proud of you & i dont doubt that they are too.
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      • commentgood job Runo .. keep bulidng the country. Also try to visit the Federal Ministry of water resources and environment in Nigeria, they probably have data on such. When I did my advanced independent study on the lower Niger river in Nigeria. I worked with the ministry of water resources and transport in Nigeria. Government agencies can sometimes be helpful.
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      • commentWelcome, Team Maa-Bara. This is an incredibly challenging problem that you've picked up on - I salute your courage. I'm really looking forward to reviewing your team's initial proposal. And I want to urge your caution in using this site to publicly post any details that might compromise your IP. Don't forget: last opportunity to submit an initial proposal is March 5. Good luck!
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        • areas_of_interestInterested in Sustainable design, Ogheneruno graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas in Arlington with a B.Sc. in Architecture and concentration in Sustainability. She holds a license in sustainable design (LEED AP) and has expanded her research in sustainability to encompass synergetic innovations for the socio-economic development of agro-rural communities. To achieve this, her projects involve the merging of traditional techniques with modern demands and technologies which result in optimized socio-cultural conditions with economic gain. Her research ground has been agricultural communities Japan, where she has executed 3 research trips and a summer internship, interspersed in her 2.5 year stint at MIT. For her final design project in Tane, Japan, Ogheneruno incorporated local feedback in reconfiguring the traditional rice-field landscape to accommodate agro-tourism, farmer housing and naturally occurring hot-springs while maximizing mechanized agricultural processes. Over the 2010 summer, the final design was exhibited in the Tane Community Hall where it was well received. Ogheneruno is attempting to learn Japanese.
        • skillsOgheneruno has a knack for networking, rethinking network relationships and linking the "haves" with the "have-nots". Over the summer of 2010, she received MIT funding to research the feasibility of the Maa-Bara production pod in the Niger Delta. There, Ogheneruno met with key community leaders and notable oil company executives who have agreed to contribute CSR funding upon successful prototype deployment. Ogheneruno will head the execution of the pilot project of Maa-Bara in collaboration with the non-profit Enterprise for Development International (formerly known as TechnoServe Nigeria).
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        • areas_of_interestCommunity and economic development, tropical organic farming, supply chain sustainability, food sovereignty and security, program development and execution. Early in the morning, you can find Elisha on her yoga mat.
        • skillsElisha has visceral knowledge of aquaponics after constructing a pilot project in Lynn, Massachusetts in October, 2010 and conducting research at two of the premier aquaponics facilities in the United States. Elisha also has seven years of experience with hands on tropical organic agriculture which allow her to evaluate and trouble shoot the technical aspects of a working aquaponics system. Her executive roles in several non-for profit corporations provide her with team management skills and program development and assessment capabilities that will translate into the team's roll out plan for this project. Elisha also has significant experience with grant writing and raising funds, which will help to capitalize the project.
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