What We Do
Accountable solutions drive our business. Longitudinal success overtime in enhancing human capacity, founding new businesses, and partnering with organizations to protect and restore the environment speak loud of our commitments. Our actions have resulted in enhancing crop productivity, reducing soil and water contamination, and promoting socially responsive entrepreneurship. GreenRoots is a dynamic data-based decision-making consulting group. It uses past achievements and emerging knowledge to build a robust future. Our uniqueness is defined by tailor-made solutions for emerging opportunities, whether it’s connecting farmers globally through RootKonnect, providing solutions through Apps like pH-Wise, or disruptive hybrid C-based crop nutrition technologies. We enhance science and translate it to benefit farmers, businesses, and environment.
Specialized Services
Soil and Plant Nutrition
Our goal is to nourish each plant, sounds like utopia, however our core competencies in machine learning algorithms, quasi real-time data collection, processing, and soil-plant specific recommendations make us see our goal within reach. Our works in mapping soil fertility, soil genesis, nutrient uptake, and fertilizer compatibility have earned long-term trust from our clients. Whether its quality coffee production in Nicaragua, sugarcane in Costa Rica, or designing business plans for avocado plantations in Haiti, data drives decision making at all stages.
Precision Agriculture
We use innovative technologies like global positioning systems (GPS) combined with real-time field diagnosis sensors (pH, soil moisture, compaction, apparent electrical conductivity, organic matter, salinity, chlorophyll sensors, etc..) for soil and crop mapping. We monitor crop development over short time intervals using the recent Sentinel multispectral satellite imagery (5-day revisit time and 10x 10 m resolution). This creates the scientific and quantitative basis allowing “site-specific” optimized decision making which in turns leads to a cheaper and more environmentally friendly agriculture.
Since 2017 we have developed Machine Learning Algorithms (Partial Least Square Regression, Random Forest, Memory Based Learning, Support Vector Machines) using visible and infrared spectroscopy to characterize soil in less than 15 min. Spectral signatures encode information about inherent soil characteristics such as mineral composition, nutrient content, organic compounds, and water. These spectroscopic techniques combined with machine learning provide a new precision agriculture tool to diagnose soil conditions accurately (R² between 0.72 – 0, 94) and in near real time.
Altogether our Precision Agriculture techniques allows us to determine and identify “hot spots” in production systems, such as areas with nutritional deficiencies, problems of water deficit, low plant density, problems waterlogging, and critical areas of erosion.
Product Development and Business Mentorship
Science is the foundation for sustainable development. But the scientific findings need to be translated into products to address specific problem. Scaling up the production, marketing strategies, assembling workforce and product delivery to end users are key to make a business venture succeed. Over years we have helped our clients develop new businesses and reengineered the existing ones.
Environmental Advocacy
Creating a sustainable food future and nurturing our environment is rooted into our core values. Our work with government agencies, private sector, and individuals speak very loud of this commitment. Environmental certifications such as Audubon cooperative sanctuary program, and GEO-Certified sustainability distinction are just a few. Our expert reports based on extensive field research and appearance in international court as expert witnesses have successfully assisted our clients to defend the environment in arbitrations and judicial settlements.
Golf Course Management & Landscaping
Golf course management demands high input application to keep the grass manicured and spotless. Similarly landscaping and garden management require ample water and chemicals input. Green Roots has been instrumental in designing and implementing data driven sustainable practices to minimize negative environmental impacts. Our multifaceted interventions encompass precision data collection, site specific recommendation, assistance in environmental certifications, training and mentorship. We design and deliver workshops, short courses, and need based training to enhance human capacity to embrace change.
