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Executive Summary

Green Harvest Food Security Trust at a Glance

Green Harvest Food Security Trust is a Harare-based not-for-profit agriculture and food security NGO serving vulnerable smallholder farmers in Chikomba, Gutu, and nearby districts in Zimbabwe. We deliver climate-smart agriculture training, improved seed and input access, irrigation support, and market linkage services that help rural households raise yields, protect harvests from climate shocks, and convert surplus production into stable income and nutrition.

We are structured as a registered Trust and are pursuing full PVO registration to strengthen compliance with Zimbabwean NGO requirements and institutional funder expectations. Our operating model is led by With Year, our founder and Managing Trustee, and supported by Reese Johansson, Morgan Kim, Avery Singh, and Alex Chen, whose combined finance, agronomy, M&E, and market linkage expertise keeps the organisation field-ready and donor-compliant.

Our market is anchored in two demand layers. Institutionally, we sell implementation capacity to donors, NGOs, government programmes, and foundations funding food security, resilience, and livelihoods work in Zimbabwe. On the ground, we serve smallholder farmers, women’s groups, youth groups, schools, and community-based organisations that need practical support in districts where rainfall is erratic and public extension services are overstretched.

Why the Opportunity Is Immediate

Zimbabwe’s rural food security challenge is recurring, not seasonal noise. Climate volatility, high input costs, and weak market access continue to suppress productivity, while institutional buyers still allocate meaningful budgets to climate-smart agriculture and resilience programming.

Green Harvest Food Security Trust is positioned to capture that spend with a lean delivery model and measurable field results. Zimbabwe has more than 1,500,000 smallholder farmers, and even a conservative serviceable segment gives us a large pipeline for farmer support, aggregation, and district-level implementation partnerships.

Headline Financial Position

Our five-year model shows a blended revenue base that grows from USD 240,000 in Year 1 to USD 430,706 in Year 5. Revenue is led by donor grants, followed by service contracts with NGOs and government programmes, and then earned income from input sales and aggregation fees.

We are transparent about the economics. The current cost structure leaves the Trust loss-making through the projection period, with Year 1 net income of -USD 167,492 and break-even revenue of USD 491,225. Break-even is not reached within the 5-year projection, so this venture requires patient, mission-aligned capital and disciplined grant conversion.

:::reassure Financial strengths that still support the investment case

• Gross margin remains steady at 66.7% across all five forecast years.
• Revenue grows every year, from USD 240,000 to USD 430,706.
• The model is diversified across grants, service contracts, and earned income.
• The Trust already has a defined operating base in Harare and field operations in Chikomba and Gutu.
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Funding Ask and Capital Structure

We are seeking USD 250,000 in total funding to support launch capital, Year 1 field operations, and working buffer needs. The structure combines USD 10,000 founder equity with USD 240,000 in debt principal priced at 12.5% over 5 years.

This funding is designed to keep the organisation operational long enough to deliver funded farmer support packages, build partner confidence, and secure repeat programme awards. Without this capital, the Trust cannot carry the field staffing, compliance, and logistics burden required for credible delivery in rural Zimbabwe.

:::warning What the finance partner must understand

• The model is not self-funding within five years.
• Debt service depends on programme cash flows and renewed project awards.
• Liquidity pressure remains high until larger multi-year funding is secured.
• The investment case is impact-led, not equity-growth led.
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What We Deliver and Why Buyers Choose Us

Green Harvest Food Security Trust is not selling generic NGO activity. We sell a practical delivery platform for food security outcomes, including farmer training, demonstration plots, irrigation support, improved input coordination, aggregation, and reporting that funders can verify.

Institutional buyers choose us because we are lean, responsive, and technically credible. End-beneficiaries choose us because we stay close to the field, work through trusted local structures, and focus on changes they can see in their own farms and gardens.

Our differentiators are clear:

• Climate-smart delivery with local relevance
• Market access support, not training alone
• Strong reporting discipline through our M&E function
• Community ownership through lead farmers and local structures

Year-One Delivery Logic

Year 1 is about proving execution at district level, not chasing scale prematurely. We are focused on structured delivery in Chikomba and Gutu, with enough operational depth to support 2,000 farmer-equivalents across the year.

That output gives us the field evidence needed to renew grants, win service contracts, and expand into adjacent districts. It also keeps us aligned with the realities of Zimbabwe’s agricultural calendar, where timing, transport, and input coordination determine whether a season succeeds or fails.

:::tip Why the model can win repeat funding
We strengthen renewal prospects by delivering:

• verified farmer registration and attendance records
• visible demo plots and adoption evidence
• donor-ready reporting and financial control
• practical market linkage outcomes for surplus produce
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Long-Term Growth Trajectory

By Year 5, Green Harvest Food Security Trust is projected to reach USD 430,706 in annual revenue, with donor grants at USD 301,494, service contracts at USD 86,141, and input sales and aggregation fees at USD 43,071. That mix is important because it shows our ability to diversify beyond pure grant dependence while staying anchored in our social mission.

Our goal is not rapid expansion at the expense of quality. It is controlled district growth, stronger operating discipline, and a stronger funding base that supports rural households where climate risk and food insecurity remain persistent.

Investment Rationale

This is a Zimbabwe-based NGO platform with a real market, a clear delivery model, and a quantified funding requirement. The business is loss-making under the current five-year forecast, but it also has a strong gross margin, a defined institutional buyer base, and a leadership team that can convert donor capital into measurable food security outcomes.

For the right finance partner, Green Harvest Food Security Trust offers impact exposure in a high-need sector, structured repayment logic, and the opportunity to back a local implementation platform with credible field presence, disciplined governance, and a scalable social mission.

Company Description

Green Harvest Food Security Trust in Zimbabwe

Green Harvest Food Security Trust is a registered not-for-profit agriculture and food security organisation headquartered in Harare, Zimbabwe, with initial field operations in Chikomba and Gutu districts. We operate as a Trust and are pursuing full PVO registration so that our governance, contracting, and reporting standards remain aligned with Zimbabwe’s NGO regulatory environment.

We exist to help vulnerable smallholder farming households increase yields, reduce climate risk, and improve household nutrition through practical, field-based support. Our work is built for rural districts where erratic rainfall, rising input costs, weak market access, and overstretched public extension services continue to keep families trapped in seasonal hunger.

Our Mission and Operating Mandate

Our mission is to equip smallholder farmers, women’s groups, youth-led farming initiatives, and community institutions with the tools, knowledge, and market access needed to produce more food and earn more stable income from agriculture. We focus on solutions that are practical in low-resource settings, especially where farmers need immediate results rather than theory.

We deliver climate-smart agriculture training, improved seed and input access, irrigation support, and coordinated market linkages. This model allows us to serve both the production side and the commercial side of farming, so beneficiaries are not only growing more food but also converting surplus output into cash.

The problem we solve

Rural farming households in Zimbabwe face a layered set of constraints that Green Harvest Food Security Trust is designed to address:

• unpredictable rainfall and recurring drought stress
• limited access to affordable quality seed and inputs
• weak local irrigation infrastructure
• overstretched extension support in remote areas
• poor market bargaining power for smallholders
• persistent seasonal hunger and low dietary diversity

Our field model responds to these realities directly. We work with farmers who already have land, labour, and traditional agricultural knowledge, but need technical support, structured inputs, and reliable off-take pathways to unlock productivity.

Legal Structure, Governance, and Accountability

Green Harvest Food Security Trust is structured as a Trust, with the intention of operating under PVO registration for full compliance with Zimbabwean NGO requirements. The Trust is already constituted and locally registered, and we maintain banking flexibility through both USD and ZWL accounts, although all planning in this document is in USD.

I serve as the founder and Managing Trustee, and the organisation is governed by a board made up of agriculture, finance, and community development professionals. That governance structure is designed to support donor confidence, internal control, and transparent oversight across programme delivery and fund management.

:::warning Registration and compliance priority
We are treating PVO registration, board governance, donor compliance, and financial reporting as non-negotiable operating requirements.

• contract readiness for institutional donors
• traceable use of restricted funds
• clear separation of programme and administrative expenses
• audit-ready records from the first year
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This structure matters because our primary funding partners are expected to include international NGOs, UN agencies, foundations, and government programmes that require strong compliance standards. We have built the Trust to meet that level of scrutiny from the outset.

Founding Profile and Leadership Capacity

Green Harvest Food Security Trust is led by me as founder and Managing Trustee, drawing on more than 10 years of experience managing agriculture and livelihoods programmes in Zimbabwe. My background includes a degree in Agriculture and direct leadership on multi-district NGO programmes funded by DFID, USAID, and UN agencies.

Our core leadership team strengthens delivery across finance, agronomy, monitoring, and market access:

• Reese Johansson, our Finance and Operations Manager, is a chartered accountant with 12 years of NGO finance and audit experience.
• Morgan Kim, our Programmes Manager, is an agronomist with 8 years of experience in conservation agriculture and irrigation schemes across Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
• Avery Singh, our Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning lead, holds a Master’s in Development Studies and has managed M&E systems for large livelihoods consortia, including digital data collection and GIS mapping.
• Alex Chen, our Enterprise Development and Market Linkages Officer, brings agribusiness and value-chain experience focused on linking smallholders to off-takers and agro-dealers.

That combination of technical agriculture capacity, financial discipline, and evidence-based programme management gives us a practical operating base for scaled implementation in rural Zimbabwe.

Who We Serve and Where We Work

Our end beneficiaries are vulnerable smallholder farmers, women’s groups, youth agri-enterprises, community-based organisations, and schools operating nutrition gardens. We are prioritising districts such as Chikomba in Mashonaland East and Gutu in Masvingo because they combine high food insecurity with strong farming potential.

Institutionally, our market is made up of donors, development partners, and government agencies that contract local implementers to deliver agriculture and food security outcomes. The ideal customer for Green Harvest Food Security Trust is a funding partner managing annual budgets in the range of USD 500,000 to USD 10,000,000 for food security, climate resilience, and rural livelihoods work in Zimbabwe.

Beneficiary segments we prioritise

We focus on four groups that see the fastest benefit from our delivery model:

• vulnerable smallholder households facing recurrent crop failure
• women’s groups managing communal production and nutrition gardens
• youth groups seeking income through agri-enterprise
• schools and community organisations needing productive, nutrition-focused gardens

By concentrating on districts with active farming communities and clear need, we keep our intervention cost-effective while delivering visible results that can be measured through yield, income, and nutrition indicators.

What Makes Green Harvest Food Security Trust Distinct

We are not positioning ourselves as a large, slow-moving implementer. We are building a lean, high-touch field organisation that combines agroecology, market orientation, and local ownership.

Our differentiation is grounded in three practical advantages:

• Lean field delivery with lower overheads and closer community presence
• Data-driven programme management using digital monitoring, field reporting, and location-based tracking
• Dual focus on production and market access, so farmer gains are not lost after harvest

This approach helps us stand apart from larger competitors such as Practical Action, CARE Zimbabwe, and large USAID- or EU-financed programmes. Those organisations are credible and experienced, but our model is designed to move faster at local level, stay closer to farmers, and adapt more quickly to district-specific conditions.

:::tip Why partners fund us
We are structured to be attractive to grant funders and programme partners because we combine field credibility with measurable delivery.

• local implementation capacity
• strong governance and reporting
• farmer-facing value creation
• practical entry into underserved districts
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Business Model and Sustainability Logic

Although we are a not-for-profit organisation, Green Harvest Food Security Trust is built for financial sustainability rather than dependence on a single donor stream. Our revenue model blends donor grants for food security projects, service contracts with NGOs and government programmes, and modest earned income from input sales and aggregation fees.

That mix gives us resilience across funding cycles and allows us to remain active even when one funding stream slows. It also makes our work more attractive to institutional partners who want implementers with both social mission and operational discipline.

Ownership and Equity Position

As a Trust, Green Harvest Food Security Trust does not operate with conventional private equity ownership. The organisation is mission-locked, with governance held through the Trust structure and stewardship exercised through the board and executive leadership.

The founder’s role as Managing Trustee ensures continuity of mission, while the board provides oversight over compliance, programme quality, and resource use. This structure protects the organisation’s social purpose and keeps decision-making aligned with beneficiary outcomes rather than private shareholder returns.

Green Harvest Food Security Trust is therefore positioned as a credible Zimbabwe-based NGO partner for agriculture and food security programmes that require local delivery, disciplined governance, and measurable impact in rural communities.

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• Products and Services
• Market Analysis
• Competitive Analysis
• SWOT Analysis
• Marketing and Sales Strategy
• Management and Organization
• Operating Plan
• Financial Plan and Projections
• Funding Request

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