Janet Maro and Alexander Wostry, the winners of the One World Award 2020, are the founders of SAT. Since its founding in 2011, SAT has acquired great expertise and formed a wide network, achieving huge successes. A notable example is its role in reforming the curriculum of agricultural academies, which has enabled thousands of students to learn about sustainable practices.
Through its unique approaches, such as the Innovation Accelerator, SAT reaches over 100,000 farmers each year who are gradually joining the growing organic movement. SAT collaborated with forward-looking foundations such as Biovision, the Austrian Development Agency, the Liechtenstein Development Service, and Land Vorarlberg, as well as local organizations and the Tanzanian government.
In September 2020, Janet and Alexander founded SAT Holistic Group Ltd. The goal: To create a local market for organic products and give small-scale farmers access to an improved value chain, as well as international markets. Over the next three years, more than 3,500 smallholder farmers will join with SAT Holistic Group Ltd.