ACRE helps governments, state agencies, donors, and nongovernmental organizations prioritize value-chain investments and understand market volatility by using digital and analytic tools. We employ real-time data on crop and livestock production, soil conditions, climate, and weather to enable transparent, data-driven decision making for those trying to improve the system.
Spurring agriculture-value-chain growth with digital and advanced analytics
What we do
Investment strategy
We identify the most attractive value chains for sustainable competition, leading to improvement in economic, productivity, and nutrition indicators.
Digital food balance sheets
We combat food shortages through use of digital food-balance-sheet technology, which combines food consumption, trade flows, local reserves, and yield forecasts in one place.
Land use optimization
We determine the right mix of crops, forest,and livestock to maximize value for a given area through use of satellite imagery, weather data, and deep agronomic knowledge.
Examples of our work
$5 billion aquaculture-development opportunity identified
Helped African country looking to replace imports and increase presence in global export market quantify aquaculture-development opportunity.
360,000 tons of maize managed in real-time
Implemented a digital solution to help an African country track strategic food reserves.
50 percent increase in smallholder-income identified
Designed an investment plan for three competitive value chains for an African country.
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