Impact
Impact
On Food Security – IAP’s sustainable agriculture operations produce critical staple food products for local and international consumption. IAP builds community-owned fruit, vegetable and medicinal gardens (Tolou Keurs), supplying a staple food diet to our communities and school systems;
On Community – IAP Community Contracts are a formal pledge, made directly with the communities in our impact zones, to deliver tangible benefits, several thousand new jobs, with ongoing impact measurement to ensure accountability;
On Environment – IAP regenerative soil practices, organic composting and crop-rotation programs, reforestation of 200,000 new saplings, expanded water access, solar energy for irrigation, improved biodiversity and carbon-capture initiatives;
On Knowledge – IAP supports human-capital development and productivity growth through local job creation, the introduction of new herding techniques, improvements to soil quality and transportation and technical training programs.
IAP Academy
IAP Academy
IAP Academy centrally manages all IAP impact and community initiatives. IAP Academy’s mission is to empower our impact zone communities. The Academy’s partnership with PARECC (Program Alimentaire Mondial) delivers the Food for Schools program (World Food Program, WFP) to up to 2,000 students at schools in our impact zone communities, with year round organic meals. IAP Academy provides 12 month technical food production training programs. It manages IAP’s Community Contract commitments and leads our Community Committees.
Community Engagement and Job Creation
Community Engagement and Job Creation
IAP mission is to enable the local communities in which we operate to thrive.
At our Senegalese production farms, IAP spent two years assessing the needs of the community. We implement Community Contracts to ensure the delivery of specific social initiatives. Our community-engagement initiatives are tailored to meet the practical needs of our impact zone communities. Benefits of the Community Contracts include new direct employment opportunities, indirect job-creation, technical training programs, clean water wells, Tolou Keur food gardens, electricity access, education initiatives and medical clinics, livestock-herd management and feeding/watering stations, road infrastructure improvements, and a 200,000 sapling reforestation program. Across all of our commercial operations and community contracts, IAP creates up to 500 new direct jobs and 3,500 new indirect jobs.
Food for Schools Partnership
Food for Schools Partnership
IAP Academy operates the Food for Schools Program in partnership with PARECC, Program Alimentaire Mondial (World Food Program) in our impact zone communities. IAP Academy Tolou Keurs produce organic food meals year round to our impact zone schools with up to 2,000 students. Every IAP Academy Tolou Keur is owned and operated by trained IAP Academy local community members who have graduated our technical training program.
Herd Management
Herd Management
IAP partners with local herdsmen in our farm production impact zones. Our focus is on sustainability, organic soil composting and community support. Crop rotation is essential to our healthy soils. As part of our crop-rotation cycles, we grow hay for livestock, which are driven to our land to graze, at no cost. Livestock are provided with water stations and ground cover, created with stalks from our feed corn and shells from our nuts, to ensure animal health. After grazing, the manure, corn husks, and shells are tilled into the soil as 100% organic, nutrient-rich fertilizer. Our partnerships with local herdsmen enable higher crop yields and lower-cost alongside higher-production herd yields.
Impact Measurement
Impact Measurement
IAP actively measures and reports the impact its activities have on the communities in which it operates. Through our partnership with OnePlanet.com, all IAP Community Contract initiatives are data-driven and their impact measurable. OnePlanet.com-unique technology platform audits every IAP Community Contract initiative by recording data in real time, ensuring, among other things, full compliance with the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. To bolster accuracy and accountability, local employees are hired as part of a community team to collect data. This is the first commercial initiative of its kind in the countries where IAP operates.
Partnerships
Partnerships
IAP is structured as a partnership. To constantly enhance best practices, we work with international organizations who are leaders in their field. This enhances food safety and risk-management protocols at our operations and provides accountability through visibility and reporting.
Trade Associations
Trade Associations
IAP is an active member of international agriculture and food trade associations. We participate actively in trade associations, speaking regularly at conferences, providing real examples of sustainable agriculture practices. Our aim is to promote reliable sourcing of fresh agriculture and food products directly from our farms and partner processing plants pan Africa.
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