Peo Naturals
Peo Naturals offers phane, lerotse and sorghum products as protein alternatives against food insecurity
Through a B2B model, Peo Naturals sells phane, lerotse and sorghum products to food processing companies, individuals, restaurants and community enterprises in the phane business. The products are cheaper, highly nutritious, tasty, readily available and eco-friendly compared to other alternative protein options.
Peo Naturals reaches out to their customers through Facebook as the main marketing channel and sells to directly to households through arranged delivery services. The enterprise makes money through sales of phane products with a focus on dried and minced phane.
Eco-inclusive Impacts
Peo Naturals provides communities with an affordable, alternative insect protein source over meat, strengthening local climate resilience through enhanced food security, job creation and more efficient resource use.
- Providing access to highly nutritious protein products to over 58% of households in the local community
- Improving the standard of living of vulnerable groups in the communities
- Creating employment opportunities in the value and supply chain
- Reducing 97% water use compared to meat farming with optimised processing methods and adopting hydroponics
- Converting 100% of phane droppings into charcoal briquettes and biogas
- Reusing water from processing in our rearing farms and using phane waste to produce clean energy
- Supporting local businesses by outsourcing 100% of outsourced operations to locals in communities the enterprise operates in
- Operating profits of 26% from margin
- Created over 40 direct and indirect sustainable jobs for local communities
Partners
Peo Naturals provides cheaper, highly nutritious, tasty & readily available protein products from mopane worm (phane). These value-added products include dried, powdered, minced and skinned phane which are good alternatives to meat as a source of protein. The product supports the reduction of GHG emissions and water usage while reducing mopane worm extinction.
Botswana International University of Science and Technology facilitates research through provision of laboratories, equipment and technical expertise.
These Hands supplies the enterprise with equipment, while research and technical services are offered by BIUST among other key partners.