At a joint press conference in Kingstown, Jacques Nack, Chief Executive Officer of technology firm Quantome Inc., detailed his company’s strategic role in modernizing St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ agricultural export pipeline. Nack summarized Quantome’s core mission succinctly: “We build the connections between the farmers and the buyers”.
Addressing government ministers and media representatives, Nack emphasized that local growers do not have a production issue, noting that Vincentian farmers produce top-quality dasheen, eddoes, and hot peppers as well as anyone in the region. Instead, he identified the primary hurdle as “everything else around growing”—specifically, unpredictable buyer demand, logistical friction in transporting produce from farms to grocery shelves, delayed payments, and planting based on guesswork.
Quantome’s platform aims to remove this uncertainty by establishing transparent, traceable supply links before crops are harvested.
To operationalize the initiative, Quantome signed a Data Sharing and Protection Agreement with the St. Vincent government. Nack explained that gathering farm-level data is essential for verifying supply quantities for overseas buyers without compromising grower privacy, noting that personal identity data is not collected. Highlighting his background as a data privacy advocate and expert witness in U.S. high courts, Nack assured farmers that strict statistical protections are built into the architecture.
Simultaneously, Nack announced the launch of the Quantome Farm App, now available on iOS and Android. Designed for field agents, the app enables real-time mapping of acreage under tree canopies, evaluation of road infrastructure, weather monitoring, and forecasting of harvest schedules and crop values.
On-the-ground activations have begun through partnerships with local Vincentian field agents—starting with Usuza Pope—alongside Ministry of Agriculture extension officers. Field teams are conducting site assessments across Queensbury, Greggs, the Mesopotamia Valley, and sea moss cultivation sites in Bequia.
Nack reported intense demand from international distributors in California, noting that off-take buyers have been in daily contact to finalize purchasing schedules. To ensure smooth transit for heavy commodities like dasheen, Quantome is extending its logistics network to coordinate with local freight operators through to the port of Miami, Florida.
A key pillar of Quantome’s model is financial transparency: Nack confirmed that Quantome does not charge brokerage fees, allowing a significantly higher share of export revenue to remain directly in the hands of Vincentian farmers.
Outlining Quantome’s commercial strategy, Nack introduced a “hiker’s mindset”—an approach centered on steady, incremental growth rather than abrupt operational shifts.
As part of this rollout, Quantome plans to introduce the “St. Vincent Box,” a curated assortment of local produce and semi-processed goods distributed to prospective buyers across Quantome’s database to drive commercial interest directly toward individual farmers’ digital storefronts.
Nack directly acknowledged historical caution among local farming communities regarding new agricultural initiatives. He invited growers to judge the partnership on concrete deliverables: “Judge us on the first order, judge us on the first container that ships”.
