Agricultural policy is usually implemented in the real world and evaluated afterward. A government promotes a crop, builds storage, expands irrigation or supports a processing industry, and only later discovers whether the…
Build Agricultural Governance Platforms That Connect Farmers, Genetics, Processing, Markets and Public Infrastructure
Agricultural governance is usually divided across departments, schemes and institutions. One agency handles cultivation, another irrigation, another markets, another food processing, another rural development, while research institutions operate separately. The farmer, however,…
Using Machine Learning to Discover the Crop Features That Could Define the Next Generation of Agricultural Genetics
Agricultural genetics has traditionally focused on questions such as yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance and crop quality. These remain important, but the emergence of machine learning creates an opportunity to ask a…
Develop Regional Crop Genetics Platforms That Breed Crops Specifically for High Value Processing Industries
Agriculture is usually organized around the crop. Farmers grow rice, banana, coconut, mango, spices or cassava, and the market determines what happens after harvest. A more advanced model would organize agriculture around…
Build Digital Markets Where Farmers Sell Processing Contracts Months Before Planting Begins
Agriculture usually begins with a decision about what to grow. A farmer chooses a crop based on experience, local conditions, expected prices and available resources. A more advanced agricultural economy could reverse…
Sell the Future Harvest Before It Exists
Agricultural markets usually begin when the crop is ready. Farmers harvest their produce, take it to a market, find a buyer and negotiate a price. Agro-processing offers a different possibility: what if…
Digital Infrastructure for Agro-Processing
Agricultural processing is often treated as a manufacturing problem: build a factory, install machines and process crops. The next generation of agro-processing will require something more—a digital infrastructure connecting farms, collection centres,…
AI Trade Compliance Network: Automating the Complexity of International Commerce
International trade operates through an enormous network of rules. Products crossing borders may be subject to customs classifications, tariffs, certificates of origin, product standards, labelling requirements, safety regulations, sanctions and documentation requirements….
Smart Export Corridor: Connecting the Factory to the Global Market
International trade does not begin at a port. It begins inside a factory, warehouse or farm, where a product is manufactured, processed, packaged and prepared for a customer in another country. Between…
Digital Trade Infrastructure: Building the Operating System for Global Commerce
International trade is built on the movement of goods, but modern trade also depends on the movement of information. An exporter needs to communicate with a buyer, prepare commercial documents, obtain certificates,…