CARIBVISTA | IAGRO SAT CARIBBEAN
AGRICULTURE FEASIBILITY STUDY // SURINAME
Zero-deforestation agriculture.
Activate the coast, protect the forest.
A detailed feasibility study for activating 558,420 hectares of idle Suriname coastal grassland. Rice diversification, banana, palm oil, REDD+ carbon credits. LVV polder infrastructure. All from published sources. Zero forest conversion.
Pilot CAPEX (500 ha)
$4.8M
Including 15% contingency
10-Year IRR
16.8%
Pilot with rice diversification
Annual Revenue at Scale
$45M
5,000 ha full deployment (Year 5)
Jobs Created
15,000
Direct + indirect employment
Nickerie-first strategy. Suriname's Nickerie district already has 14,800 ha of active rice cropland and 78,400 ha of grassland with existing polder infrastructure. The strategy is to diversify beyond rice monoculture into higher-value crops while expanding the cultivated area — all on existing coastal grassland, never touching interior forest.
FAO YIELD DATALVV STATISTICSCARICOM TRADE DATANIMOS REDD+CENTRAL BANK SURINAME
SECTION 1
Setup Costs
What it costs to rehabilitate Nickerie polders and expand into diversified coastal agriculture. Polder infrastructure is the largest single cost item — existing but degraded canals and dykes.
Polder Rehabilitation
$8.0M full
Land Preparation
$6.0M full
Equipment
$3.5M full
Irrigation Upgrade
$5.2M full
Infrastructure
$4.0M full
Contingency (15%)
$4.0M full
500 HA NICKERIE PILOT
$4.83M
$9,660 per hectare all-in
5,000 HA COASTAL SCALE
$30.7M
$6,141 per hectare (economies of scale)
SECTION 2
Crop Strategy: Rice Diversification + Export
Nickerie is Suriname's rice heartland but monoculture creates vulnerability. The strategy diversifies into higher-value crops while maintaining rice as the export backbone. All on existing coastal grassland.
FOOD SECURITY CROPS (60% OF ACREAGE)
Rice (paddy)
4-6 t/ha
$2,400-3,600/ha
2/yr
Cassava
15-25 t/ha
$4,500-7,500/ha
1/yr
Plantain
15-30 t/ha
$6,000-12,000/ha
Year-round
Sweet Potato
12-20 t/ha
$6,000-10,000/ha
1.5-2/yr
Vegetables (mixed)
15-30 t/ha
$12,000-30,000/ha
3-4/yr
Leafy Greens
15-25 t/ha
$18,000-35,000/ha
6-8/yr
EXPORT / HIGH-VALUE CROPS (40% OF ACREAGE)
Rice (export)
$3,000-4,200
5-7 t/ha — Existing CARICOM export market
Banana
$12,000-24,000
25-40 t/ha — EU-CARIFORUM duty-free access
Palm Oil
$4,500-7,500
15-25 t/ha (FFB) — Existing plantations in Saramacca
Coconut
$3,000-8,000
5,000-10,000 nuts/ha — Copra, oil, water — coastal ideal
Cacao
$4,000-12,000
0.5-1.5 t/ha — Premium single-origin potential
ZERO-DEFORESTATION GUARANTEE
Every hectare of activation tracked by satellite to prove zero forest conversion
IAGRO SAT's provenance engine traces every pixel's land-use history. Agricultural activation is only permitted on pixels classified as grassland in both the 2020 and 2024 WorldCover epochs. Any pixel that was forest at any point is permanently locked as protected. This is verifiable, reproducible, and auditable — the foundation for REDD+ carbon credit verification.
19.4M ha
Forest LOCKED as protected
558K ha
Coastal grassland eligible
0 ha
Forest conversion permitted
THE TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE
Satellite Monitoring + REDD+ MRV
IAGRO SAT provides dual-purpose satellite infrastructure: precision agriculture for crop production AND Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification for REDD+ carbon credits. One platform, two revenue streams.
Crop Health (NDVI)
Every 10m pixel monitored every 5 days via Sentinel-2. Detect stress before visible symptoms. Colour-coded district maps.
REDD+ Forest Monitoring
Monthly forest cover verification across all 19.4M ha. Detect any deforestation event >0.5 ha within 30 days. Audit-ready reports.
Zero-Deforestation Proof
Pixel-level provenance engine traces every hectare's land-use history. Cryptographic hashes for tamper-proof verification.
Yield Forecasting
ML models trained on tropical crop phenology predict harvest volumes 6-8 weeks ahead. Optimise logistics for rice, banana, palm oil.
Flood & Polder Monitoring
Sentinel-1 SAR radar detects waterlogging in polders regardless of cloud cover. Critical for Nickerie low-lying areas.
Carbon Stock Estimation
Biomass estimation from radar + optical fusion. Quantify above-ground carbon per hectare for REDD+ baseline and monitoring.
DUAL-PURPOSE PLATFORM
AGRICULTURE MONITORING
$15-30/ha/yr
Crop health, yield forecast, pest detection
+
REDD+ MRV
$0.50-2/ha/yr
Forest monitoring, carbon verification
=
TOTAL PLATFORM VALUE
$30-50M/yr
REDD+ credits from 19.4M ha forest
CARIBVISTA | IAGRO SAT CARIBBEAN // FEBRUARY 2026
Contact: partnerships@iagrosat.com
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Sources: FAO, LVV Suriname, CARICOM, Central Bank of Suriname, NIMOS REDD+
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