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Engagement recommendations

5. ‘ROOTS’ – putting data at the heart of agriculture

‘ROOTS’ Using data to inform policy, implementation, funding, farming & safety

• In the Caribbean, there is almost no disaggregated agricultural market or production data
Drivers by gender or product and limited use of tech or data to assist with pricing, sales or safety.
• ‘ROOTS’ will establish a data platform and tech to manage programmes & support farmers

• Audit: Establish current information sources, databases, gaps and requirements. The
minimum realistic information required to effectively run programmes.
• Programme design: Dispersed ledger (e.g. blockchain) vs centralised database and
collaborative vs centralised approach to information. Critical focus on long-term provision.
• Farmers design: Identify needs and develop bundled mobile data, apps and tech for farmers
Description
• Inputs: Automating information gathering and dissemination where possible from existing
sources and work-arounds where not.

• Research: Quantitative research from traditional surveys but also regular cheap online/
social media datasets and use of non-traditional (e.g. ‘exhaust data’) as inputs.
• Technical: Off the shelf database design and analytics to reduce costs.

Partners • Institutional: existing sources (e.g. FAOSTAT, Ministry of Agriculture, WTO, CARDI, ILO)

Private sector: Telcos, Research agencies, analytic and database cloud computing solutions.
• Government & NGO’s: Partnerships with those who need data the most
• Funding: Development of requirements, database and technology solution
SAC role • Co-ordination: To engage those with an interest in data-based decision making
• Adaptation: in-country teams modifying and implementing sourcing & analysis locally.

Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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