How is your business helping to solve the health, social, or economic challenges created by COVID19?
Smallholder farmers in West Africa are on average 55 years old, with a life expectance of 60 and many have pre-existing conditions. The vast majority of smallholders have little or no documented land rights. If the head of the household passes away, land my lie fallow due to conflict, families will lose their income and a generation of women may lose their chance of claiming their land rights as their land is passed on to a male relative. Meridia is actively mapping and thousands of farmers with view to provide documentation to those who need it to mitigate short term conflict and income disruption, as well as provide a broad data set for all other organisations supporting COVID related initiatives in Ghana and Ivory Coast.
Does your business contribute most to recovery, response, or resilience?
Resilience - we're improving the broader infrastructure for responding to pandemic outbreaks.,Response - we're responding directly to issues caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 outbreak.
What is the stage of your product development?
I have a market ready product/service. I have sold to customers.
What strengths does your team bring? Include skills and personal experience with the problem.
We have an experienced team that has been in leading on mapping and land titling for the past 5 years. We count Unilever, Mondelez, the Hershey Company and many others as customers and have delivered large scale mapping projects for tens of thousands of smallholders across Ghana, Indonesia, Malawi and Ivory Coast.
What countries do you operate in?
Malawi, Indonesia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Lithuania and The Netherlands
Is your company headquartered in a US "Opportunity Zone"?
No
