Climate · Nature · Agriculture — Central America & the Caribbean

We turn data, landscapes and AI into outcomes you can verify.

DAP designs, runs and audits AI and geospatial data solutions for climate, nature and agriculture organizations across Central America and the Caribbean.

Coffee Cloud dashboard with a map of Guatemala and indicators
Coffee Cloud · 2017–2020

Data collected with the farmer at the centre, designed for Anacafé's more than 125,000 members in Guatemala.

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Organizations we have worked with

  • UICN
  • BID
  • GIZ
  • KfW
  • USAID
  • SICA
  • CATIE
  • Anacafé
  • DAI
  • GOPA
  • ICE
  • Asociación Bancaria Costarricense
  • Khimji Ramdas
  • Unimer
  • White Glove International
2006Turning landscape data into decisions since then
~6,000coffee farmers reached through Coffee Cloud
CR · SVOffices in Costa Rica and El Salvador, projects across the region
20+ yrsof founding-team experience in climate, agriculture and technology

Why now

AI already writes the code. The hard part is knowing what to ask for, and proving it delivered.

Organizations don't need more apps. They need better-informed decisions, reliable reports and processes that work.

AI agents can do much of the work, but they fail when nobody defines the goal clearly or verifies the outcome over time. That's where DAP works.

Buying tools

  • Licenses and custom apps
  • Success = software shipped
  • Risk stays with the client

Achieving outcomes

  • A defined, measurable outcome
  • Success = indicator met
  • Continuous verification

The DAP method

Understanding first. Technology next. Outcomes always.

  1. 1

    Understand

    How your organization actually works: processes, decisions, data and people.

  2. 2

    Define

    The expected outcome, its success metrics and its limits on risk, privacy and budget.

  3. 3

    Orchestrate

    The AI agents, geospatial data and integrations that deliver that outcome, with people in the loop.

  4. 4

    Verify

    Quality, traceability and performance, continuously, with reports ready for donors and regulators.

Verification feeds the next cycle: every measured outcome sharpens the next definition.

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Solutions

Four ways to reach a verifiable outcome

Every solution starts by understanding the problem and ends with a measured outcome. Technology is the means.

01

AI strategy and readiness

We find where AI creates value in your organization, and where it doesn't, before you invest.

ExampleAI Readiness diagnostic with an economic baseline and roadmap.

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02

AI agents and assistants for landscapes

Reliable, timely information for extension staff and farmers, with experts validating every answer.

ExampleSomos Río Lempa farming assistant in El Salvador.

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03

Geospatial data, GeoAI and climate

Decisions on forests, water, crops and risk based on up-to-date spatial data.

ExampleForesTracker: forest monitoring for FUNDECOR.

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Our work

Outcomes on the ground

Recent work in AI, forest monitoring and farmer information.

Challenge
Producers and extension staff in the watershed needed timely agronomic guidance, but in-person technical assistance can't cover every question.
Outcome
An always-available assistance channel, with answers traceable to their sources and an improvement cycle driven by expert review.
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Challenge
Managing forest and conservation properties required up-to-date spatial information that was easy to access for planning, follow-up and reporting.
Outcome
Centralized landscape information available for decision-making and for reporting to partners and funders.
Live
Coffee Cloud dashboard with a map of Guatemala and indicators
Challenge
Coffee-farming families were making management decisions without access to climate information or timely technical assistance.
Outcome
An internationally recognized farmer-information model (MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35, Cracking the Nut 2017).
AI agents and assistants for landscapes
~6,000coffee farmers reached

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Sectors

Where we work

Coffee and cocoa

Livestock

Forests and biodiversity

Water

Climate and risk

Climate and nature finance

Public policy and climate commitments

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Next step

What outcome do you need to prove in the next 12 months?

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