The Toothpick Company Ltd. (TCL), a social enterprise that focuses on biological pest control, offers a new product to control the most devasting parasitic weed, In 2013, the Toothpick Project (through Montana State Univeristy) received a Grand Challenges and Exploration Grant from the Bill and M… read moreelinda Gates Foundation to conduct proof of concept trials in Western Kenya.
We develop and deliver innovative biotechnology to smallholder farmers. Striga, a weed that affects nearly 40 million farms in sub-Saharan Africa, can completely ruin a farmer’s harvest. By selecting for specific strains of the fungus FOXY, farmers can use our biological solutions, instead of chemical herbicides. When crop yields increase, farmers are able to feed their families better and improve their lives