Paradigm

As of late June - to be cleaned up:

• Focus on the farmer

• Build a clean, accessible UI. Simplicity > Robustness

• Clear incentivization scheme for farmers to use the app, 1 stop shop to:

  1. Get paid for your environmental services (PES)

  2. Record all the data you need for your certification (Organic or otherwise)

• Integrate, integrate, integrate! LiteFarm participates in open source consortia to:

  • Use existing data and ontolgies as user inputs (e.g. seeds, varieties, implements, methods, etc.)

  • LiteFarm allows farmers to collect the data necesary for their operations / payment schemes then…

    • Outsources the heavy lifting / modelling / calculations to other software services dedicated to that domain (e.g. OpenTEAM for soil health)

    • Format / transmit data to certifiers to help farmers achieve certifications

  • Contribute back our volumns of data