Toothpick Company Limited was founded in 2018 as a social enterprise through a collaborative effort between; Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e V., an NGO that has been working world wide since 1962; Prof. David Sands of Montana State University; Claire Sands Baker of Biotech Investments LLC; Starfish Foundation; Winfred Ohrstrom Nichols of Ohrstrom Foundation; Dr Peter Lueth of ProPhyta GmbH; and Florence Oyosi of Liberty Initiators Network. Research and development has been possible through an ongoing partnership with the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization.

 

Toothpick Company Limited as a social business company will deploy a bio herbicide technology for control of Striga Weed in maize farms in Western Kenya. Use of the bio herbicide “Kichawi Kill” is being piloted in Kenya before being rolled out to more than 20 African counties that are severely affected by Striga aka. Witch Weed.