Impact
Every data point has a name, a location and a verifiable outcome.
ISRI measures impact at the level of individual farmers, workers and producer organisations — not as aggregate claims.
Five dimensions
What we measure
Farmer livelihoods
Increased income, reduced input costs, access to premium markets, improved financial literacy.
Labour conditions
Reduced incidence of child and forced labour, improved wage compliance, functional grievance mechanisms.
Environmental sustainability
Adoption of sustainable practices, reduced chemical use, improved water and soil management.
Supply chain transparency
Verifiable traceability from farm to processing, reliable compliance data, real-time monitoring.
Institutional strength
FPOs with sound governance, financial viability, market linkages and the capacity to serve members independently.
Evidence base
Why field-level evidence matters
Investigations into Indian shrimp processing documented workers trapped on factory compounds, underpaid and hidden from inspectors — including in certified plants. In 2024 the U.S. Department of Labor added Indian shrimp to its list of goods produced with forced labour.
In commodity agriculture, smallholders produce up to 30% of key commodities through largely undocumented transactions. Reviews across sectors describe an organisational blindness to labour risk, with decent work receiving far less attention than environmental metrics.
These are the gaps ISRI is built to close — and the reason we report at the level of individual farms, workers and lots rather than programme totals.
Reporting
Programme results, published as they come
ISRI is in its first operating year. Impact reports, case studies and dashboards from pilot clusters will be published here as engagements complete their first cycle.
Get notified
Write to hi@isri.earth to receive our first impact report when it is released.
Fund measurable change at the source.
CSR and development funders receive farmer-level reporting, not aggregate claims.