Awards winners 2009
The 2009 SEED Award Winners: 20 innovative ventures, spanning 19 countries and involving over 80 organisations. Click on the icons in the map above to view the Gold Winners (gold star) and the Winners (red star).
KOLCAFÉ
- SEED Winner
- Year of participation:2009
- Country:Tanzania
- Region:Africa
- Subject:Finance / Micro-credit|Sustainable consumption and production (recycling)
KOLCAFÉ is pursuing an innovative organic farming approach that is designed to increase coffee yields 3 to 5 times through application of manure-based compost, proper pruning and selective harvesting. KOLCAFÉ also integrates in its programme a marketing s ... View project details
Lighting Sri Lanka’s Future
- SEED Winner
- Year of participation:2009
- Country:Sri Lanka
- Region:Asia (including Pacific)
- Subject:Climate change adaptation/mitigation|Energy / Renewables
The initiative converts widely used traditional kerosene lanterns into solar-powered LED lighting systems. These can be used by children to study at night and by night fishermen. The lamp’s design is unique as it is powered by a rechargeable 12 volt 4 ... View project details
MakaaZingira
- SEED Winner
- Year of participation:2009
- Country:Kenya
- Region:Africa
- Subject:Energy / Renewables
MakaaZingira Enterprise has, since 2009, trained rural farmers to produce sustainable charcoal from fast-growing shrubs. Charcoal is the primary fuel source for people in East Africa, providing over 82 % of all cooking and heating supplies. The MakaaZin ... View project details
Nafore and Afrisolar Energy Kiosks
- SEED Winner
- Year of participation:2009
- Country:Burkina Faso
- Region:Africa
- Subject:Energy / Renewables|Information and communication
MicroSow and Afrisolar, aim to fill the energy gap faced by citizens in rural areas in Burkina Faso, where 98% of the population is excluded from the official power grid. Through a network of franchisees the initiative provides access to mobile solar-powe ... View project details
One Million Rural Cisterns
- SEED Winner
- Year of participation:2009
- Country:Brazil
- Region:Latin America & Caribbean (GRULAC)
- Subject:Climate change adaptation/mitigation|Water and sanitation
Since 2002, the P1MC’s aim has been to build one million cisterns to collect rain water to provide a sustainable means of overcoming water shortages in semi-arid rural areas. The Brazilian semi-arid region is one of the most populous regions of the world, ... View project details
Planting Empowerment
- SEED Winner
- Year of participation:2009
- Country:Panama
- Region:Latin America & Caribbean (GRULAC)
- Subject:Biodiversity / Natural resource management|Climate change adaptation/mitigation
Planting Empowerment has worked with rainforest communities since 2007 to create investment opportunities in sustainable forestry. The business model leverages financial markets, for both small-scale and large institutional investors, to reforest degraded ... View project details
Sunny Money
- SEED Winner
- Year of participation:2009
- Country:Kenya
- Region:Africa
- Subject:Climate change adaptation/mitigation|Energy / Renewables|Finance / Micro-credit
Sunny Money, in partnership with microfinance institutions and community-based organisations provides affordable, reliable and clean energy, particularly for lighting. It has manufactured solar products in local facilities since 2008 and aims to replace o ... View project details
Sustainable Shrimp Farming in the Gulf of Morrosquillo
- SEED Winner
- Year of participation:2009
- Country:Colombia
- Region:Latin America & Caribbean (GRULAC)
- Subject:Biodiversity / Natural resource management|Climate change adaptation/mitigation|Environmental technologies|Sustainable consumption and production (recycling)
The initiative, established in 2006, helps to produce gourmet quality fresh shrimps from sustainable farming. The shrimps are farmed and harvested by utilising a unique ecological production process. The heterotrophic “Zero Wastewater” technology optimise ... View project details
The Clean Energy Initiative
- SEED Winner
- Year of participation:2009
- Country:Mozambique
- Region:Africa
- Subject:Climate change adaptation/mitigation|Energy / Renewables|Infrastructure
The project, founded in 2009, aims to provide electricity to rural areas using sustainable energy generated from micro wind turbines. The majority of the population in Northern Mozambique lives in rural areas, which commercial utilities, using conventiona ... View project details
The Sustainable Use of Amazonian Seeds
- SEED Winner
- Year of participation:2009
- Country:Brazil
- Region:Latin America & Caribbean (GRULAC)
- Subject:Biodiversity / Natural resource management
The partnership, consisting of 26 employees, has fostered environmental conservation and social development since 2007 by transferring technologies and by training the local community in the production of oils from Amazonian seeds. They initiated the expl ... View project details
