The Data Economics Company and Smallholder Data Services announce breakthrough in solving data traceability in regenerative agriculture
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Data Economics Company (DECO) and Smallholder Data Services (SDS) have launched the first deployment of the SDS Platform software to provide visibility, traceability and verification for farmers' regenerative agriculture products from farm-level data and via the Lydion® Engine. As a result, enterprise-level agricultural product buyers from food and clothing manufacturers are able to trace and audit farm products with sufficient certainty to confidently market end products for consumers as "regenerative."
- LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Data Economics Company (DECO) and Smallholder Data Services (SDS) have launched the first deployment of the SDS Platform software to provide visibility, traceability and verification for farmers' regenerative agriculture products from farm-level data and via the Lydion Engine .
- "Regenerative agriculture means each farm's contribution to and relationship with its ecosystem is essential," said SDS co-founder Hugh Locke , president of the Smallholder Farmers Alliance.
- Smallholder Data Services currently has implemented its technology in Haiti for cotton and Thailand for rubber.
- SDS enables decentralized and peer-to-peer governance, smart contracts, and context-appropriate agreements sourced from producers' communities, bringing traceability and data utility to smallholder farmers and crop buyers worldwide through the power of data economics and regenerative agriculture.