#CPAF15 WS7: Revofarm presentation (Ricardo Gowdie, Revofarm, Jamaica)

Revolutionizing agriculture with data

Ricardo GowdieCo-founder/CEO

OverviewWe combine weather, market and field data and provide farmers with actionable information via SMS and Web Application.

Farmers can access high resolution weather forecast, agronomic tips and climate smart practices.

Our crop planner combine agronomic models with weather data and additional inputs such as planting date, plant growth stages and pest and disease indices.

Problem?28% lost in 2014Due to Climate ChangeJamaican farmers Lost

1 in every 3 Jamaican is a farmer but yet agriculture only contribute 6.5% to GDP.

Jamaica importing about US$1 billion worth of food.

Lost time and money on guess farming

Farmers taking 10 years to adopt to new climate smart practices

Our Solution Send daily field-level observed and

forecast weather updates Send real-time alerts for pest and

disease indices at the field level Immediate farm management and insight Track growth and production status across

hundreds of fields simultaneously Reduce risk with accurate production

planning and tracking Weather-driven production and agronomic

data Climate smart practices and tips Connect farmer to their markets and

market data

Soil and leaf Data

Market data

Satellite weather dataPest and disease indicesAgronomic dataCrop Growth stage data

Open data

Climate smart practices and tips Agricultural Intelligence

How we connect to farmers

SMS Web application Mobile application

Our Vision

Over 200,000 Registered farmers and some live in poverty because they are unable to produce enough food while others are barely breaking even.

We would like to help subsistence farmers to start producing for resale and improve yields for others.

Our vision is to have 300,000 farmers using our system by 2030 and improving their yields by at least 30% and lower our food import bill while contributing more to GDP.

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Challenges

Slow adaptation

to Technology

Literacy rates

among farmers

Strategic relationship Mr. Yousef - Arabia Weather Mr. Steven Prager – CIAT Sharif El-Badawi – Google Ahmad AlDeiri – Microsoft Dorlan Burrell – Meteorologist Fabio Pittaluga – Worldbank

Our Core Team

Ricardo GowdieProduct Manager

Co-Founder

Oshane GoodenLead Developer

Co-Founder

Warren RobinsonUI/UX

Co-Founder

Thank You!You can contact me

at:[email protected]

www.revofarm.com1876-825-0335