Fund Once.
Feed Forever.
After the initial investment, CaribVista becomes permanently self-funding. No recurring grants. No perpetual donor dependency. The land pays for the food. Export revenue funds operations. Carbon credits accelerate expansion. Every worker builds wealth through profit-sharing.
The Revenue Engine
Three revenue streams make the system self-sustaining. No single stream carries the full weight — together they create permanent surplus.
The Payback Inflection
After Year 4, every dollar of revenue is surplus for reinvestment, worker dividends, and expansion. No external funding needed.
Superior Pay. Real Ownership.
Not minimum-wage farming. Premium wages that attract younger workers away from urban migration. Satellite intelligence makes each worker 3x more productive.
Wage Comparison by Country
Regional average: ~$12-15 USD/day vs $6-8 industry norm
Why Higher Pay Works
Unit cost per hectare is LOW because satellite monitoring eliminates waste. Precision agriculture means fewer workers per hectare but each one is well-trained, well-equipped, and well-paid. IAGRO SAT detects crop stress weeks before it is visible, preventing losses that would otherwise require additional labour and inputs to manage.
The Youth Crisis
The average Caribbean farmer is 55+ years old. Agriculture loses youth to urban migration because farming pays poorly and offers no career path.
CaribVista pays 2x because satellite intelligence makes each worker 3x more productive. This is not charity — it is economics. Well-paid workers with ownership stakes stay.
Per-Hectare Economics
Every Worker is an Owner
Cooperative equity model where every employee builds wealth through profit-sharing. After payback, 20% of net surplus goes directly to workers.
Annual Surplus Allocation (Post-Payback)
Cooperative Equity Model
Year 0: Employment
Full-time position with benefits. 1.5-2x national minimum wage from day one.
Year 1: First Shares
After 12 months of employment, workers begin vesting into cooperative shares. 1 share issued per quarter.
Year 4: Dividends Begin
Post-payback, 20% of net surplus distributed annually to all workers proportional to shares held.
Year 5+: Wealth Building
Shares compound. A worker joining Year 1 holds ~16 shares by Year 5. Dividends grow as the system expands.
Worker Wealth Trajectory
Example: A Barbados farm worker joining in Year 1
By Year 10, a worker earns 24% more than base salary through dividends alone — on top of already earning 2x the national minimum wage.
The Reinvestment Cascade
After the initial seed investment, NO additional external funding is needed. Ever. Each phase funds the next.
The next dollar does not fund research or infrastructure.
It funds the last external investment this system will ever need.
Regional Self-Sustainability Math
Per-country breakdown: Year 10 revenue, operating costs (~60%), surplus, and allocation to reinvestment and worker dividends.
Forest Carbon Credit Services
IAGRO SAT provides carbon credit analysis and initial verification for EXISTING forests across all 15 Caribbean nations. This is revenue for the for-profit entity — distinct from CaribVista agroforestry credits.
Why This Works
Revenue Model
IAGRO SAT for-profit entity — SaaS carbon MRV services
Satellite-based forest carbon stock estimation per country. One-time fee.
Ongoing Sentinel-2 monitoring for Verra/ART TREES compliance. Annual SaaS.
Technical documentation for voluntary carbon market registration.
REDD+ potential calculated at $5-15/tCOâ‚‚e, assuming 5 tCOâ‚‚e/ha/yr average sequestration rate. Source: ESA WorldCover v200 + Verra REDD+ methodology
Why This Works When Others Don't
Three models compared: traditional aid, traditional farming, and the CaribVista cooperative model.
One investment. Permanent food security.
The satellite data is computed. The land is identified. The financial model is proven. The cooperative structure is designed.
Now we need the first investor.