Programme inputs
Site and asset coordinates or boundaries, programme IDs, indicator definitions, production periods and relevant reporting records.
STARTING ENGAGEMENT
Agricultural Portfolio Verification Pilot.
A bounded way to test whether independent spatial evidence improves supervision and portfolio review.
A 90-day validation engagement is an illustrative planning scope. Depending on site quality and monitoring feasibility, a pilot might cover 10,000–50,000 hectares or 20–100 programme sites or assets. Final coverage and outputs are agreed only after data-readiness review.
THE INSTITUTIONAL QUESTION
Which part of this portfolio can be monitored credibly, and what should we investigate on the ground?
A pilot tests evidence quality and decision usefulness before a recurring programme is designed.
START WITH A DECISION
Choose a testable supervision question.
The pilot can examine cultivated area, changes near funded infrastructure, irrigation context, observed production conditions or the spatial consistency of a programme claim. The objective and the data owners are agreed at scoping.
Independent inputs
Appropriate earth observation, land-use, weather, terrain and other geospatial sources, selected for the question and geography.
Validation inputs
Field observations, engineering records or existing programme documentation where available, used to test interpretations.
WORKPLAN
A practical sequence for institutional review.
Timing is indicative; cloud coverage, records and field access can change the workplan.
01
Scope
Confirm the decision, sample, data availability, responsibilities and acceptance criteria.
02
Establish
Prepare baseline, spatial database, sites and observable indicators.
03
Analyse
Generate change and condition assessments and flag exceptions.
04
Validate
Review a sample of findings against programme and field records.
05
Report
Present uncertainty, exception decisions and the recommendation for recurring monitoring.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
Named deliverables, agreed in the terms of reference.
The pilot provides an inspectable evidence package, not simply access to a dashboard.
01
Programme baseline and geographic reference.
02
Geospatial database and intervention or asset inventory.
03
Agricultural condition assessment and verification analysis.
04
Risk and exception register with evidence notes and confidence.
05
Management dashboard or review views.
06
Final technical report and monitoring scale-up recommendation.
ACCEPTANCE
Success is measured against agreed questions.
At the start, the institution and Meridian define coverage, the share of sites with usable locations, validation sample, review thresholds and a decision pathway. A finding of insufficient evidence is a valid pilot result.
A DEFINED CONVERSATION
Assess a pilot scope.
Share a sample site list, relevant indicator and programme geography. We will identify what can be tested in a bounded engagement.