In Case You Missed It: Reducing Risk at Scale – Farmers Edge at World Agri-Tech Brazil
At World Agri-Tech South America, we led a breakout session titled “Reducing Risk at Scale: Field Verification for Finance and Insurance.” The discussion brought together stakeholders across insurance, finance, and agtech to explore a growing challenge: the urgent need for verified, field-level data to support more accurate, lower-risk decision-making.
Here’s what we covered:
The Challenge:
Lenders and insurers are being asked to make high-stakes decisions without verified, real-time field data. Most platforms rely on self-reported or outdated information—leading to hidden risks and poor outcomes.
Why AgTech Has Struggled:
The last decade has seen an influx of AgTech platforms. But many were built to sell a product—not to support enterprise adoption. Most solutions lack integration, process support, or domain expertise in insurance, lending, and regulation.
That’s why adoption remains low, and why internal teams often struggle to extract value.
A Different Model: Managed Technology Services
What we presented is not another platform—it’s a Managed Services model designed to execute.
Instead of asking clients to assemble tools and teams, we deliver pre-integrated systems with the infrastructure, data pipelines, and domain-specific services to make them work—within existing workflows, under our partners’ brands, and with clear accountability for outcomes.
This model is currently in use with several insurers and lenders in Brazil, Canada, and the U.S.
What a Managed Services Model Unlocks:
With a Managed Services model, verified field-level data is no longer a bottleneck—it becomes a strategic asset embedded in day-to-day decision-making. During the session, we outlined three areas where this approach is delivering measurable impact:
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- Underwriting: Managed Services enables historical land-use verification at scale, improving risk scoring before coverage is issued. Late planting, fallow fields, and low-productivity areas are flagged early, helping partners manage exposure across millions of hectares.
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- ESG Attestation: By automating the collection and validation of field-level sustainability data, we help institutions meet ProAgro compliance requirements, reduce reliance on manual reporting, and increase access to sustainability-linked capital.
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- Risk Detection: Through in-season monitoring of planting activity, yield progression, and weather anomalies, we provide early indicators of risk—enabling proactive intervention before claims or defaults escalate.
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All of this is made possible through the infrastructure we’ve built: 3.3 billion data points processed per hour, 159 validated models, and a network of localized sensors and field integrations across four countries.
This isn’t just data—it’s decision support, operationalized.
What Partners are Seeing:
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- 3M hectares processed for underwriting in Brazil
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- 70% faster compliance timelines
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- 15% fewer claims paid
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- 3x analyst productivity
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- ESG compliance made audit-ready
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- Risk flagged in real time through predictive models
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What Makes It Scalable?
It’s not just the tech—it’s the delivery model. We’ve invested in infrastructure, built 159 validated models, and manage over 50 million acres globally. This is how we power digital verification that actually works—at scale, in-market, and embedded in your workflow.
You don’t need to build it yourself. You don’t need to buy another tool. You need a partner who’s already done both and is ready to help you scale.
Email partners@farmersedge.ca to learn more.
