Project Outcomes
Ucrop.it is an agritech company with an innovative platform that enhances agricultural management, making monitoring more accessible, transparent, and accurate. This allows organizations to align their sustainability goals with tangible incentives for farmers. My research involved desk analysis and stakeholder interviews to improve Ucrop.it’s sustainability measurement indicators. Agriculture contributes 21-37% of global emissions, primarily through methane and nitrous oxide emissions, along with carbon dioxide from deforestation and soil degradation. Land use and water management changes also affect regional and global climates. To mitigate these effects, adopting innovative technologies, supportive policies, and sustainable farming methods is essential for balancing food production with environmental sustainability. This report analyzes the landscape and evaluates Ucrop.it’s existing technologies to address traceability and verification of sustainability claims. It outlines opportunities to enhance sustainability metrics in the biofuel sector, consumer packaged goods (CPG), green financing, sustainable landscapes, and farmer governance. Data collection methods included a desk review of existing literature and company databases, along with interviews where stakeholders were engaged through structured conversations to gather firsthand data. The collected data was synthesized and analyzed, identifying key themes and quantifiable performance measures. The deliverables include new and improved Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) designed to measure, monitor, and assess the environmental and social impacts of agricultural activities. The areas of focus include landscape sustainability, farmer governance, greenhouse gas accounting, the biofuel sector, and the consumer-packaged goods sector. These enhanced KPIs will support Ucrop.it’s operational efficiency by facilitating research-informed innovation and decision-making. This research responds to growing consumer and business demands for evidence of sustainable practices, ultimately improving Ucrop.it’s ability to support sustainable agriculture.
ucrop.it relationship diagram with farmers and companies
