Data Governance
Data should support participation, not create dependency.
Agricultural data is not just technical information. It represents land, production, livelihoods, identity, market access, and trust. Terraxis treats data governance as a core responsibility because digital systems should strengthen the position of farmers and cooperatives, not extract value from them or lock them into closed systems.
Purpose-limited use
Data is collected and processed for defined agricultural, compliance, traceability, sourcing, certification, and operational purposes. It is not repurposed for unrelated commercial activity.
01
Farmer and cooperative rights
Farmers and cooperatives should retain visibility over the operational records that describe their land, deliveries, production history, and compliance status. Data governance must support participation, not remove agency from those who produce.
02
No sale of identifiable farmer datasets
Identifiable farmer information is not treated as a standalone commodity. Where data creates value, that value must be tied to authorised services, compliance outputs, traceability records, sourcing relationships, or operational intelligence that serves a legitimate supply-chain purpose.
03
Interoperability and portability
Records should be structured so they can support participation across buyers, markets, regulations, and cooperative systems. Interoperability reduces dependency on closed platforms and allows evidence to travel with the producer, product, and institution where appropriate.
04
Privacy and security
Personal and operational information is protected through data minimisation, access controls, secure storage, and responsible sharing practices. Sensitive information should be handled according to the context in which it was collected.
05
Compliance infrastructure should keep producers included.
As sustainability regulation becomes a condition for market access, digital systems can either include smallholders and SMEs or make participation harder. Terraxis designs governance around the idea that traceability, due diligence, and compliance records should make agricultural trade more legible without turning farmers into passive data subjects.
This means avoiding unnecessary data extraction, keeping records connected to their agricultural context, and ensuring that data generated at origin can support public-interest outcomes: market access, environmental accountability, human rights due diligence, and fairer sourcing relationships.
Rights, Access & Sharing
Data should remain useful to the people and institutions that generate it.
Access
Farmers and cooperatives should be able to retain visibility over relevant operational information, including parcel records, delivery history, production information, and compliance documentation where applicable.
Export
Where appropriate, records should be exportable in interoperable formats so cooperatives and supply-chain partners are not forced into closed systems.
Share
Structured outputs can support regulatory, buyer, certification, sourcing, and cooperative requirements when sharing is authorised and linked to a legitimate purpose.
Protect
Personal information, household information, and sensitive operational records require safeguards, access controls, and careful handling according to their risk and context.
Governance is a design decision. We've made ours.
For detailed information about how Terraxis collects, uses, protects, and governs personal and operational data, please read our full Privacy Policy.