Design experiments, capture field data offline, monitor progress, and deliver farmer feedback fast.
Centralize design
Coordinate fieldwork
Track quality
Generate reports
Share results
Tricot (triadic comparisons of technologies) is a methodology that turns farmers into citizen scientists, allowing them to test different technologies directly on their own farms, with researchers and project coordinators supporting the process.
This decentralized approach generates large volumes of data from many small trials, providing a clear understanding of how technologies perform under real-life conditions. While originally designed for on-farm testing, the same methodology can also be applied to evaluate food products and product concepts.
Tricot (triadic comparisons of technologies) is a methodology that turns farmers into citizen scientists, allowing them to test different technologies directly on their own farms, with researchers and project coordinators supporting the process.
This decentralized approach generates large volumes of data from many small trials, providing a clear understanding of how technologies perform under real-life conditions. While originally designed for on-farm testing, the same methodology can also be applied to evaluate food products and product concepts.
The development of ClimMob and the scientific research behind the tricot approach has been possible thanks to investments by the following partners:
Design
Easily organize large-scale experiments with the participation of citizen scientists in any region.
Implementation
Test crop varieties, food products, or agronomic practices with minimal complexity using the tricot methodology.
Outputs
Quickly gain reliable insights through automated reporting.
Share
Sharing projects, datasets, and reports between different users.
Design
Easily organize large-scale experiments with the participation of citizen scientists in any region.
Implementation
Test crop varieties, food products, or agronomic practices with minimal complexity using the tricot methodology.
Outputs
Quickly gain reliable insights through automated reporting.
Share
Sharing projects, datasets, and reports between different users.
ClimMob applies the tricot methodology step by step, guiding you from experimental design to actionable insights. You start by defining your project and technologies, then farmers register and carry out the trials. ClimMob aggregates the data, analyzes results, and delivers feedback that can be shared with farmers, researchers, and stakeholders.
Theophilus Kwabla Tengey
CSIR-SARI, Ghana
“ClimMob is very useful for capturing ranking data. It helps to prevent information loss as the data is synchronized immediately after being collected.”
Gospel Oghosa Edughaen
IITA, Nigeria
“This is a very valuable tool for ranking and analyzing data from multiple farmers. It saves me a lot of time and effort.“
Dean Muungani
IITA, Nigeria
“The platform significantly simplifies the data collection and analysis process. In my experience, it makes the work faster and more accurate.“
ClimMob: Fast, scalable, and versatile testing with people in real use contexts
ClimMob, powered by the tricot approach, delivers rapid feedback by involving many participants in simple, low-cost trials. Farmers and consumers compare three options at a time, generating evidence that is both robust and fast to obtain.
Originally designed for on-farm technology testing, ClimMob is now also used to evaluate food products and product concepts, capturing real-world preferences at scale.
Together with controlled experiments, this approach accelerates innovation cycles, ensures technologies are tested under realistic conditions, and makes results directly relevant to those who use them.
ClimMob: Fast, scalable, and versatile testing with people in real use contexts
ClimMob, powered by the tricot approach, delivers rapid feedback by involving many participants in simple, low-cost trials. Farmers and consumers compare three options at a time, generating evidence that is both robust and fast to obtain.
Originally designed for on-farm technology testing, ClimMob is now also used to evaluate food products and product concepts, capturing real-world preferences at scale.
Together with controlled experiments, this approach accelerates innovation cycles, ensures technologies are tested under realistic conditions, and makes results directly relevant to those who use them.
See how ClimMob simplifies the experimental process in your projects
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