- 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
- Lack of innovation
- Seaweed is used locally mainly as fresh salad (budu tasi)
- No diversity in function for potential commercialisation
- Lack of digital marketing skills
- No digital marketing approach to selling seaweed, only in wet markets and supermarkets
- Lack of e-commerce platforms
- Lack of online platforms to sell and market products (monopolised by Facebook)
This is a demo store for testing purposes — no orders shall be fulfilled. Dismiss
