Elegance Company

Promoting sustainable organic farming following a closed-loop zero-waste farming system
2014 SEED Low Carbon Award; IKI BMU
Sustainable Agriculture
Hanoi
Viet Nam

The enterprise promotes organic agriculture at a model farm and provides paid consultancy to farmers regarding sustainable farm design and development of new technologies, connecting farmers and customers. Its system closes agricultural production circles, with technologies reducing the reliance on chemical inputs. 

The closed-loop, zero-waste agricultural system builds on technologies such as solar energy and biomass, organic cultivation and breeding, on-site production of fertiliser and feed, organic disease prevention practices and post-harvest preservation technologies. The system strengthens food security, decreasing the farm’s susceptibility to environmental shock. Renouncing on chemical inputs and mimicking natural processes, it improves water, air and soil quality and increases plant diversity.

Eco-Inclusive Impacts
The closed-loop system that the enterprise increases the yield of the land and the selling price of the products. Farms implementing the system thus benefit from a higher income and are less exposed to price volatility and food insecurity.
  • Creating full-time employment for three farmers on the model farm.
  • Providing rural farmers with access to training and capacity building.
  • Making organic products available to 125 families.
  • Reducing communities’ vulnerability to natural disasters. 
  • Removing chemical farming inputs such as pesticides and fertilisers by using organic substitutes to improve soil, water and air quality.
  • Establishing a multi-species agricultural system, increasing ecosystem resilience. 

  • Providing a profit of USD 235 per week for a farmer household due to organic farm produce fetching higher selling prices than non-organic.
  • Increasing the profit per square meter as the enterprise’s model produces higher yields.

Partners

The Elegance Company showcases agricultural products and livestock, renewable energy technologies, and organic farming techniques through its zero-waste, multi-culture, multi-crop and closed loop system implemented on its model farm. Partnering with NGOs and research institutions the enterprise provides consultancy services for product incubation, sustainable farm design, and development of new technologies. 

Elegance Company Ltd. uses its farming model to create long-term links between producers and consumers who are seeking healthy products.

Centre for Creativity and Sustainability Study and Consultancy (CSS) provide training and advice on the adoption of zero-waste and closed-loop farming technologies. 

Asian Institute of Technology in Vietnam (AIT-VN) is a supporting partner with experience in zero-waste farming technology development providing technological assistance to the enterprise and its farmers.