Submission  Number:  483  Presenta4on  By:  Hassan  Sohail    

Hasham  Tanveer      

5  4  3  2  1  Every second a person dies of hunger!

Source: Foodaid Every Year 36 Million People Die  

In  the  Past  10  Years  we  have    lost  more  than  300  million  lives  

Sources

•  12 Million Hectares •  60 million ton food lost/ year •  1 Billion People Globally •  Sub-continent loses 3500+ •  13+ working hours a day

World  Food  Challenges  

•  Water  Scarcity  a  Global  Dilemma!  •  Intensive  Water  use  in  Agriculture  •  Threat  to  Food  Security  •  Increased  fer4lizer  demand  •  Droughts,  Femines,  Floods  

         MORE  THAN  40%  WATER  LEACHES            WHILE  35%    EVAPORATES  

Our Quest for Solution

Curiosity

Aab-e-Hayaat

Our Solution Potassium polyacrylate based super absorbent which can retain water up to 1000 times of its own weight up to a year and releases it slowly

according to the need of the soil/crop along with all the essential nutrients required by the crop.

So Far Success:

Our Garage Experiments

Just mix 3g of Aab-e-Hayaat with soil then

no watering for months

Aab-­‐e-­‐Hayaat  Value  Proposi4ons  

•  Saves  up  to  70%  water  and  50%  fer4lizer  

•  GHG  reduc4on  •  Has  more  adhesiveness  to  soil  

than  hygroscopic  ac4on  •  Biodegrades  into  potassium  

phosphate  in  a  year  •  Can  significantly  reduce  the  effect  

of  floods  •  Just  in  $2-­‐3/kg  

AFFORDABILITY

INDIGINOUS

ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY

Compe4tors:  

•  Drip-­‐Systems  

•  Capital  intensive  ($200-­‐500/ha)/  Aab-­‐e-­‐Hayaat  is  $30/ha  

•  High  maintenance/  close  to  no  maintenance  

•  Requires  power  to  operate/no  power  

•  IoT  based  or  manual  /  no  operator  

Compe4tors:  

•  Hydrogels  

•  Less  absorp4on  /  high  absorp4on  •  Cannot  sustain  soil  weight  /  can  

sustain  •  Biodegrades  in  6-­‐10  years;  

Damage  plucking  crushers  /biodegrades  in  6-­‐12  months  

•  Hygroscopic  >  form  clumps  /  adhesive  to  soil  >  remain  scabered    

Only  used  for  kitchen  and  home  gardening/  can  be  used  anywhere  

Compara4ve  cost  analysis  

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water   Fer4lizer   Produc4on   rate  of  growth   Work  hr   Overall  cost  

onven4onal   aab-­‐e-­‐hayaat   drip  system   hydrogels  

Average  farm  cost  

•  Average  farm  size  in  Sub-­‐con4nent  is  15  Ha  

•  Water  of  $150/Ha  •  Fer4lizer  consump4on  is  200kg/

ha,  $4/kg  •  4745  workings  hours  on  average    Aab-­‐e-­‐Hayaat  can  save  $2300  on  average  and  more  than  4000  hrs  of  work  per  year    

Implementation Plan

Based on optimizing the product and selecting preparation method suitable

for industrial production along with product testing in lab grown farms

Year 1

2019

Setting up a pilot scale plant based on the model selected to product 3000 kg/year with private equity. it will be testing on actual sites all around Pakistan on private land and agri-departments

Year 2 & 3

Bring a fertilizer company on board and raising investment to install bigger plan with 300 ton/year

capacity. Meanwhile, targeting the international market and setting up local model farms

Year 4

2018

2021

Setting up the plan and reaching out to farmers directly through model farm houses and marketing network of fertilizer groups.

Year 5

2023

Launch of product in the retail market with established production facility,

marketing department, services department, supply chain, and higher

management

Year 6 and 7

2022

Our target is to make an impact on 10 million farmer families cultivating an average of 200 million Hactares of land and growing 1 billion tonnes of food.

While we aim to make another 200 million hectare of land arable and save a 100 trillion liters of water

Target Impact in 7 years

Team

Hasham Tanveer 11th Grade-High

School GCU-Lahore

Hassan Sohail O-Levels

St. Patrick’s High School Karachi

Sarib Zaman O-Levels

St. Patrick’s High School Karachi

Shayan Sohail Advisor

Chemical Engineer UET Lahore

Usama Tanveer Advisor

Chemical Engineer UET Lahore

Thank you !!!