Civiterra is creating a replicable optimal model for global sustainable community agriculture. We focus on the whole production phase of the supply chain from land to all refined materials being sold and ready to ship. With sustainable natural land management and community ownership and control at the core.
What We Do?
Land Use
We leverage the best of modern science and systems thinking to ensure optimal use of all natural land. This includes community based ownership models, removing the boundaries between commercial farming and wilderness regeneration, considering biodiversity and natural processes where possible and regenerating and reimaging the use of unproductive land.
Process
At the heart of this is the idea of creating a single end to end supply chain process from design through cultivation, transport and processing to product marketing and sales value maximization. We have automation and trust at the heart of the system. This includes IoT and drones on the production side, autonomous machinery, robotic processing, all underpinned with a single flexible workflow engine.
Product
We are focused on product innovation and maximizing the commercial and social value of all the raw material produced by the land, with a zero waste mentality. Waste products can be refined to create energy, nutrients or chemicals, Flexible refining facilities focused on adjusting to market demand and having a market and product package led approach rather than a production one.
Community
Based on the cultural norms and history in many of agricultural areas, especially in non western countries we feel it is essential to base whatever we do around the people. We need to build and support inclusive interaction with everyone in the places we work and ensure they all share equally in the direction and outcomes of our projects.
How We Do It?
Who Does It?
Civiterra* is a non profit social enterprise with each project being run as a joint venture with the local community. However, the core team are all seasoned corporate executives and are focused on delivering the strategic vision, value optimization and operational efficiency expected in any Fortune 500 company. The difference is that the shareholders are the planet and the people not disconnected third party investors.
Our name comes from the idea of civil agriculture, based on two Latin words:
Civitas: having a common purpose and sense of community
Agri-Cultura: to tend and cherish the land
Our People
Our Partners
Where We Do It?
Our Pilot site is in Temvo DRC where we have 7200 Hectares of former colonial rubber plantation under management. We are into a 12 year plan for this site.
Additional sites have been located in Congo, Liberia, Mexico, Solomon Islands and with partners across Africa; these will be activated once our pilot site is fully operational and ready to replicate.
