The context : a sector to structure around data
Sugarcane is Guadeloupe’s leading agricultural sector. To secure its future, the IguaCanne interprofession wanted to strengthen transparency and trust between growers, millers and SICAs. As part of a tender issued by the DEETS Guadeloupe, IPEOS was selected to design a reference digital portal : KaruCanne.
The technical challenge
Three constraints shaped the project :
- Scattered data across several stakeholders (millers, SICAs, interprofession), in heterogeneous formats.
- Real-time delivery of reliable indicators : tonnages, sucrose richness, subsidies, with ten campaigns of history.
- An accessible interface for users with little digital familiarity, usable from the field.
The solution : an API-driven business platform
IPEOS developed KaruCanne, a custom business application. The architecture rests on three principles :
- Automated API ingestion — programmable interfaces dialogue with the systems of the millers and the sector’s stakeholders to collect delivery data without re-keying, and guarantee its freshness.
- IPEOS I-Administration application core — the platform is built on the IPEOS I-Administration framework, ensuring code control, security and long-term maintainability.
- Restitution and export — a web dashboard consolidates the current campaign and the ten-year trend ; the data is exportable for the sector’s steering needs.
This choice of an open architecture, centred on interoperability, is what distinguishes a business platform from a static tool : it can evolve, interconnect and absorb new flows campaign after campaign.
« [...] on travaille avec des outils très innovants, avec ce qu’on appelle des API [...] » [We work with highly innovative tools, with what are called APIs.]
Betty Fausta, Managing Director of IPEOS I-Solutions — Guadeloupe la 1ère, 2 June 2026
The results
- 991 active growers tracked from the 2026 campaign.
- More than 261,000 tonnes of delivered cane traced on the platform.
- Ten campaigns of history accessible in a few clicks.
- A tool praised by the profession and covered by the regional press at launch.
The IPEOS expertise mobilised
This project illustrates IPEOS’s core business : the custom development of business applications and platforms in Guadeloupe, from needs analysis to production. API design, data valorisation and automation, mastered open-source architecture, accessibility and user support : skills brought together to serve an entire sector.
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