Tokyo8’s efficiency, Shows also on pest avoidance and tilling control.
Although not all insects are pests, their outbreaks can be controlled by eliminating their causes. Insects have an excellent sense of smell and will detect smells that a weakened plant emmits. identify them as food to prey on, and approach it. When plants are healthy, they emit less of those kind of smells, so predation from pests is less likely to occur. In addition, Tokyo 8's microflora and microfauna produces enzymes that insects do not like, which has a double effect of reducing pest infestation. In other words, it achieves sustainable pest control by reducing the causes of pest outbreaks.
For pathogens, we have a proven track record in table testing!
For example, our partner in Liberia, Jonathan, came across the Tokyo 8 project through our network after returning to Japan after completing his studies in Japan. He started by conducting local comparative trial cultivation of Tokyo 8 samples received from Japan, and then brought in his colleagues who were familiar with the agricultural industry and worked as a team to study the project. After witnessing the various benefits of Tokyo 8, including increased yields and arable control of pests and diseases, we have now started working on a school lunch program to improve food production by Tokyo 8 and nutritional problems of children, who are the future of Liberia. Not only Liberia, but many developing countries lack adequate vegetable intake due to poor logistics networks and weak storage technology. Many children are malnourished as a result. The Tokyo 8 franchise is a business model in which small-scale Tokyo 8 production plants are set up in each rural village. The goal is to supply vegetables to the local community even if the distribution network is poor or storage technology is fragile, in other words, to produce locally for local consumption in the community. The same is true for the aforementioned Liberia school lunch project. We will continue to create many such social contribution projects with partners in other countries.
