No control plot was stated in this pilot. So read it as our pilot data and not as a trial — and here is the number anyway.
Average +11.57% yield increase across 300+ farmers on 500 hectares in Malaysia and Indonesia, 2024. The best plot did 45%. We are not going to pretend that is typical.
We reported this to a funder in 2025. We have not been saying it to farmers, and that is the thing we are changing first.
FIG. 1 QarboGrow rice pilot, 2024 — reported yield increase, mean and peak
Reported yield increase (%)
The mean sits hard left because that is where it sits. The line to the cap is the distance between our average and our best plot, and it is the part of this figure most companies delete. Comparator not stated in the source; no control plot. We call it pilot data, not a trial.
SOURCE: QARBOTECH MIT SOLVE APPLICATION, 2025 · n = 300+ FARMERS · 500 ha · MALAYSIA + INDONESIA · 2024 · ASSERTED
From now on: every performance number we publish carries its mean, its range, its n, its crop and its date. Where an older number of ours does not, we are re-cutting it or taking it down. If you find one, tell us and we will deal with it.
QARBOTECH SDN BHD · 1291227-W · MySTI STI202300224 · DEVELOPED AT UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA