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Vik's new venture: LittlePod inodada nekutsigira Planet Indonesia!

02nd Chikumi 2025

Mushure mekunge vapedza makumi maviri emakore vachitsigira nharaunda dzeMadagascar, Dr Vik Mohan vari kushandura kutarisa kwavo kubatsira hutano uye zvirongwa zvekuchengetedza muIndonesia. Ari kuzviita neLittlePod's kuramba ichitsigirwa.

Waizviziva here...?

Vik akanyora nhanganyaya yebhuku idzva raJanet, Real Vanilla: Nature's Unsung Gamba. Kunze kwaMay uyu!

Pano paLittlePod, takagara tichitsigira Dr Vik Mohan nebasa rake rakakosha rekupa mabasa akakosha ehutano muMadagascar. Sezvo abatsira kuvaka Blue Ventures, sangano riri kubudirira rekuchengetedza zvikepe rinotsigira nharaunda dziri mumhenderekedzo yegungwa mhiri kweIndia Ocean, Vik parizvino abatana nePlanet Indonesia uye ari kufara nemukana wekushandisa zvakanaka ruzivo rwake nehunyanzvi.. Ndine shungu yekuenderera mberi nekupa 10% yezvose kutengesa kwedu online kuti titsigire kuedza kwake, takanzwa kuti nguva yakanga yasvika yekubata naVik. Aya ndiwo mazwi ake:

Ndinotarisa shure pabasa randakaita paBlue Ventures nekuzvikudza kukuru. Pakutanga, ndakatanga kupa hutano kune imwe nharaunda mune mumwe musha. Pandakazobva kuBlue Ventures, muenzaniso wandakanga ndabatsira pakupayona waishumira vanhu vanoda kusvika miriyoni munyika nhanhatu. Munguva yandakapedza ndiri kuBlue Ventures, takavaka sangano pamusoro pekuita zvakazara mukutsigira nharaunda uye zvipenyu zvakasiyana-siyana. Zvinhu paBlue Ventures zvakagadziridzwa pamwero unokatyamadza!

Ndakadzidza zvakanyanya mukati memakore makumi maviri paBlue Ventures. Ndine shungu yekubatsira Planet Indonesia kubatsirwa kubva kune zvese izvo zvidzidzo - zvakanaka nezvakaipa, kubudirira uye kukanganisa. Mumwe wandinoshanda naye paakatanga kutaura kwandiri kuti tinofanira kubva pakushandira vanhu zviuru zviviri kusvika zviuru gumi, ruvara rwakabva pachiso changu. Ndaisaziva kuti tingazviita sei. Asi pakupedzisira, takanga tava kusvika vanhu vanoda kusvika miriyoni. Kukura nekukurumidza kunounza mikana inonakidza yekugadzira maitiro. Asi zvinounzawo matambudziko. Ndinoda kubatsira Planet Indonesia kufamba izvi.

LittlePod's mari nerutsigiro yakakosha. Zvinoreva zvakawanda kuti LittlePod inoziva uye inokoshesa zvatiri kuita.

Dr Vik Mohan

Planet Indonesia neLittlePod vane zvakawanda zvakafanana. Pane kurongeka pakati pezviviri izvi, nehunhu hwakagovaniswa uye chiono chinoisa nharaunda pamberi uye inoona kubatana kwevanhu nepasi. Ndinodada kutorwa senhengo yechikwata cheLittlePod uye ndinofara kujoinha Planet Indonesia uye kutora tsigiro yeLittlePod neni. Ndinoda chaizvo kugovera zvose zvandakadzidza mumakore 20 apfuura. Nemari iyi, LittlePod iri kundibatsira kuita izvozvo. Ndinotenda zvikuru.

Ndapedza nguva yakawanda ndiri kuMadagascar. Mashiripiti uye akasiyana. Asi rinosangana nematambudziko akawanda. Saka vanhu vazhinji vanofunga nezveMadagascar separadhiso isina kusvibiswa, ese maremu uye mazamu. Pasina kupokana zvipenyu zvakasiyana-siyana zvakanakisa uye zvakakosha zvikuru, zvichipihwa kuti zvakawanda zvacho hazviwanikwe kumwe kumwe. Asi zvakare ndeimwe yenyika dzine hurombo pasi rose, iine dzimwe dzepasirese dzisina kusimba hutano hwehutano. Izvo zvakare zvakanyanya panjodzi yekukanganisa kwekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze. Nharaunda dzandakashanda pamwe chete nadzo hadzisi kupemberera kushamisa kwezvinhu zvipenyu munyika. Vari kushanda nesimba kuti vararame. Ava ndivo vamwe vevarombo, vanhu vasina kuchengetedzwa zvakanyanya vamunoona chero paNyika. Ndakave neruzivo rwakasimba rwenharaunda munguva yangu muMadagascar, uye ndakaita hushamwari hukuru nevanhu vandakashanda navo kwemakumi maviri emakore. Asi ini zvakare ndaona izvo nharaunda dziri kupokana nazvo, nekuderera kwezviwanikwa uye kuwedzera-kazhinji-kazhinji kwakaipisisa mamiriro ekunze.

Ndakatanga kushanyira nzvimbo yeMadagascar inorimwa vanila makore gumi kana maviri apfuura. Ndakadyidzana nesangano rinotsigira varimi vevanilla kuti vararame zvine mwero uye kuchengetedza mamwe ematunhu akakosha eMadagascar. Zvandakadzidza pakushanya ikoko ndezvekuti kana ukabatana nenharaunda uye ukashanda kuti ugadzirise zvido zvavo zvekutanga, unovaka kuvimba nerutsigiro rwechinangwa chako pachako. Kana nharaunda dzikasatenga nezvekuchengetedza, kukanganisa kwezvakatipoteredza kune njodzi isingatariswe. Kana nharaunda dzichikwanisa kuseri kwechinangwa chekuchengetedza, uye vachikwanisa kuona kuti zvichavabatsira sei, vanove shasha dzekuchengetedzwa kwezvipenyu zvakasiyana-siyana. Zvakakosha kugadzira mamiriro ekuita kuti vakwanise kurarama zvine mwero.

Kukosha kweVanilla kunogona kukanganisa misika yemuno uye maitiro ekurima zvakare. Isu tinofanirwa kufunga nezve kukosha, mitengo yakanaka yevarimi uye mabatiro angaite kugadzirwa kwevanilla pane yakakura ecosystem. Kurima vanilla kunogona kuita mari yakawanda zvekuti mune mamwe mamiriro ezvinhu vanhu vanorega kurima chimwe chinhu. Ndaenda kumisika munzvimbo dzakaorera kwazvo dzeMadagascar uye haugone kutenga chikafu nekuti chinorimwa muno ivanilla.

Tinofanira kufunga uye kuita zvizere. Kusangana nezvinodiwa munharaunda uye kugadzirisa kutyisidzira kuri kutarisana nenharaunda. Hatingatarisiri kugadzirisa matambudziko akaomarara, ane mativi mazhinji ayo nyika yakatarisana nayo neimwe nzira. Iyi yakazara, system level maitiro ekuchengetedza zvipenyu zvakasiyana-siyana aive asina kujairika patakatanga kuishandisa kuBlue Ventures. Nekufamba kwenguva, ndakaona kuti Planet Indonesia ine hunhu hwakafanana uye yaitora maitiro akafanana kune yandakanga ndakwikwidza kuBlue Ventures. Ndakaenda kuIndonesia kuti ndinovatsigira kuti vatevedzere nzira yandaipayona nayo kuBlue Ventures. Chikwata chakatora ndokumhanya nacho. Chinhu chandinofarira zvikuru.

LittlePod's mari nerutsigiro zvave, uye zvicharamba zvakadaro, zvakakosha. Mari isina kuganhurirwa, iyo isina kubatanidzwa kune chimwe chiitiko kana chinangwa, yakakosha. Kugara tichiwana mari isingarambidzwe zvinoreva kuti tinokwanisa kuita zvinhu zvatinoda chaizvo kuita, zvisinei nekuti chinhu chinokosheswa neanopa mari. Ndizvo zvakaitika kuBlue Ventures uye zvicharamba zvakadaro kuPlanet Indonesia. Pamusoro pazvo, yakanzwa serumbidzo yezvatinoita. Izvi zvinenge zvakakosha kudarika mari! Zvinoreva zvakawanda kuti LittlePod inoziva uye inokoshesa zvatiri kuita.

Hushamwari hwangu naJanet uye neLittlePod hwakakosha kwandiri. Janet aive mumwe wevatsigiri vekutanga veBlue Ventures'mutowo wakakwana wekuchengetedza, kare muzuva ratakanga tisina mari dzerubatsiro hombe uye ndaishandisa mari yangu kuita chirongwa chezvehutano kuMadagascar. Kubva ipapo ndave ndichifarira chaizvo LittlePod. Pakave nekunyatso kurongeka kwakajeka kwehunhu, zvese neBlue Ventures uye ikozvino nePlanet Indonesia. Ndinotenda zvikuru nerutsigiro rwese rwakapihwa neLittlePod makore apfuura.

Kubva kuchikwata chiri pano paLittlePod, tinotumira vanilla hugs uye kutenda kwedu kuna Vik nekuedza kwake kwese kwakakosha uye kuedza. Isu tinodada kukutsigira iwe nePlanet Indonesia. Ramba uchiita basa rakanaka!