JOME Foods Pvt Ltd has received the Acumen Angels Award for cultivating sustainable livelihood opportunities through ethical beekeeping.
Dimapur, April 10 (MExN): Nagaland home-grown, JOME Foods Pvt Ltd has received the Acumen Angels Award for cultivating sustainable livelihood opportunities through ethical beekeeping targeting underserved beekeepers facing educational and language barriers, aiming to create market connections.
“It is amongst 21 winners globally who are recognised and celebrated for their exceptional achievement in contributing to society. The Acumen Angels Award recipients are from Nigeria, Malaysia, UK, Colombia, India, and beyond,” said Medoneizo Putsure, an Acumen Fellow and the co-founder of JOME Foods Private Limited in a press release.
The Acumen Angels Award equips social entrepreneurs from within its community with early stage financial capital to scale their purpose driven-companies for the future. Acumen Angels is meant to be capital bound by trust, based on the belief that moral character and business competence are key qualities of today’s entrepreneurs to tackle our most pressing social and environmental challenges. Awardees' big ideas span the agriculture, education, workforce development, and healthcare sectors.
Putsure stated that the organisation offers bee farmers, most of whom are women, with training, market linkages, and scientific bee boxes that improve honey harvests and substantially increase their incomes promoting the long-term viability of the industry. Under its brand name GALHO, it caters to consumers nationally seeking organic raw forest honey from the hills of Nagaland.
“It is a great honour for our organisation and a validation for the hard work we have put in. This recognition will further support innovation and excellence towards protection and raising awareness of the importance of bees and represent our country and the Northeast India region as green, healthy, dynamic and innovative,” says Toshienla Jamir, Cofounder, JOME Foods Pvt Ltd.
JOME Foods is investing in cutting edge technology to build Smart Apiary Management Systems which will help increase honey production in the region.
