Actions

Establish a diverse and representative Stakeholder Advisory Committee to guide the development of the five-year plan.

Expand the HIAP database with relevant stakeholders for each county district and tailor engagement strategies for different stakeholder groups.

Create a comprehensive findings report summarizing key data, identifying information gaps, and providing initial five-year plan recommendations.

Collect and organize all relevant existing data, historical plans, and current research to inform the development of the five-year plan.

Prepare a draft business plan for the Hilo Tropical AgTech Project to guide future project development and economic viability.

Grow trial plots of soybeans and monitor/record cost, yields and quality.

Carry out survey, interviews and focus group discussions with farmers to identify equipment needs that Kubota can fill.

Hold final Training and Analysis workshops for Market Systems Facilitators for each of the 3 value chains.

Work with project partners to start gathering sufficient price data to get a sense of local averages to help determine viability of new market channels.