CARIBVISTA | IAGRO SAT CARIBBEAN
AGRICULTURE FEASIBILITY STUDY // DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Cibao Valley to Barahona Highlands.
The Caribbean's most diversified agriculture.
A feasibility study for activating 1,667,913 hectares of idle grassland across 31 provinces. IDIAF yield benchmarks, Cibao Valley economics, cocoa/coffee/tobacco export analysis. The largest Caribbean economy can become a regional food production hub.
Pilot CAPEX (2,000 ha)
$20.7M
Including 15% contingency
10-Year IRR
16.8%
Cibao Valley diversified mix
Revenue at Scale (15K ha)
$280M
Year 5 full deployment
Jobs Created
52,500
3.5 workers/ha at full scale
FAO YIELD DATAIDIAF RESEARCHWORLD BANKEU-DR ORGANIC EXPORTSCIBAO VALLEY
SECTION 1
Setup Costs
What it costs to convert idle grassland to productive farmland in the Dominican Republic. Varied terrain from Cibao Valley lowlands to Cordillera Central highlands.
Land Preparation
$25M full
Equipment
$18M full
Irrigation
$22M full
Infrastructure
$28M full
Protected Agriculture
$12M full
Contingency (15%)
$16M full
2,000 HA PILOT (CIBAO)
$20.7M
$10,350 per hectare all-in
15,000 HA FULL SCALE
$120.8M
$8,050 per hectare (economies of scale)
SECTION 2
Crop Strategy: 60% Food Security, 40% Export
The DR has the most diversified agricultural sector in the Caribbean. Feed the nation first, then leverage cocoa, coffee, tobacco, and organic banana for premium export markets.
60% Edible — rice, plantains, beans, root crops, vegetables
40% Export — cocoa, coffee, tobacco, organic banana
EDIBLE CROPS (60% OF ACREAGE)
Rice (Cibao Valley)
4-7 t/ha
$1,600-2,800/ha
2/yr
Plantains
15-30 t/ha
$3,000-6,000/ha
Year-round
Cassava
12-20 t/ha
$2,400-4,000/ha
1/yr
Sweet Potato
12-18 t/ha
$4,800-7,200/ha
1.5/yr
Red Beans (Habichuelas)
1.5-2.5 t/ha
$2,250-3,750/ha
2/yr
Tomatoes
25-40 t/ha
$12,500-20,000/ha
2-3/yr
Peppers (Aji)
15-25 t/ha
$9,000-15,000/ha
2/yr
Avocado
8-15 t/ha
$8,000-15,000/ha
Year-round
EXPORT / HIGH-VALUE CROPS (40% OF ACREAGE)
Cacao (Fine Flavour)
$2,500-7,500
0.5-1.5 t/ha — DR = #1 organic cacao exporter
Coffee (Barahona)
$4,000-12,000
1-2 t/ha — Specialty grade, altitude 600-1,400m
Tobacco (Cibao)
$8,000-15,000
2-3 t/ha — Premium cigar wrapper leaf
Sugar Cane
$3,000-5,000
60-100 t/ha — Traditional but declining margins
Organic Banana
$6,000-15,000
30-50 t/ha — EU/US organic premium channels
KEY ADVANTAGE
DR is the world's #1 organic cacao exporter
The Dominican Republic already exports 70% of the world's organic cacao. IDIAF (Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales) has decades of research on tropical crop varieties optimised for Dominican soil and climate. The Cibao Valley is among the most fertile agricultural regions in the Caribbean, with existing irrigation infrastructure that needs rehabilitation rather than construction from scratch.
THE TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE
Monitoring 31 Provinces from Space
At Dominican Republic scale — 5.2 million hectares — ground-based monitoring is impossible. IAGRO SAT monitors every 10m pixel every 5 days via Sentinel-2.
Crop Health (NDVI)
Every 10m pixel monitored every 5 days. Province-level health maps for IDIAF decision support.
Hurricane Damage Assessment
Automatic before/after NDVI within 48 hours. Critical for DR hurricane corridor location.
Cocoa/Coffee Monitoring
Spectral signatures track shade-grown cacao and coffee health in highland zones.
Yield Forecasting
ML models predict harvest volumes 6-8 weeks ahead across 31 provinces.
Irrigation Optimisation
Sentinel-1 radar soil moisture + thermal stress. Critical for Cibao Valley water management.
Cross-Border Monitoring
Same platform monitors both DR and Haiti sides of Hispaniola for coordinated food security.
CARIBVISTA | IAGRO SAT CARIBBEAN // FEBRUARY 2026
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