SEAMor

  • What is happening in Timor-Leste?

    Food insecurity

    • With 45% of the population living in poverty, Timor-Leste is a food-deficit country that imports 60% of their food
    • Low agricultural productivity and diversity — vulnerable to climate change / natural hazards
    • 70% of the population depend on rain fed agriculture as a source of income
  • What is happening in Timor-Leste?

    Lack of innovation

    • Seaweed is used locally mainly as fresh salad (budu tasi)

    • No diversity in function for potential commercialisation

  • What is happening in Timor-Leste?

    Lack of digital marketing skills

    • No digital marketing approach to selling seaweed, only in wet markets and supermarkets

"Discover Timor —See more… with SEAMor!"

SEAMor is an e-commerce platform based in Dili, Timor Leste offering

value added, seaweed-based products.

So, why SEAMor?

Novel approach

Novel approach to marketing seaweed in aspects of Traceability, Accessibility, Diversity and Sustainability.

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Community Empowerment

and its members, especially the women and youth —company policy to employ a certain number/percentage of workers.

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Diversifying economy

(export other than coffee) for a higher and more consistent revenue and thus income, in addition to labour opportunities

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But why now?

  • More than 60% of the population is aged between 15 – 64 years old

  • Employment to population rate is 63.7%, significant going for overseas job offers

  • Climate crisis is a threat to existing forms of agriculture in Timor-Leste

  • Virtually no competition in terms of online digital platform

  • Potential for expansion in terms of value-added seaweed products

  • Great for remote-working (online)

Our Teams

Boost Nature-Positive Production

LONG Reaksmeychhorpon

CEO/Founder of HathKal Lab, Cambodia

Alyssa Tann

Foreign affairs Research Specialist and Special Technical Assistant to the Secretary, Dept of Agriculture, Philippines

Dewi Anakoda

Founder of Kece Halut Communit Teaching English and Climate Change awareness to Children, Indonesia

Elizabeth Lee

Founder, HE Farm and Grocer, Co-founder, Bajet Bentong, Malaysia

Izazi J. Mosli

Lead Designer of Keficon Company, Brunei

Bonifacio Correia

Mini Hamburger Street Vender Supported by MOVE NGO, Timor-Leste

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SEAMor

SEAMor is an e-commerce platform based in Dili, Timor Leste offering value added, seaweed-based products.

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