Project Title: Hawai’i Statewide Farm Bill Data Analysis
Project Overview: The Hawai’i Statewide Farm Bill Data and Research project aims to gather, analyze, and report on agricultural data to inform the HDOA 2025 Farm Bill and multi-year plan. This project focuses on identifying challenges faced by producers, validating potential solutions, and engaging with a broad range of stakeholders to collect comprehensive and actionable insights.
<aside> 💡 Generate a comprehensive report detailing findings, insights, and actionable recommendations that can inform the development of the HDOA Farm Bill.
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Survey Instrument
A survey was designed to gather insights from Hawaiʻi's agricultural community, including farmers, ranchers, aquaculturists, and horticulturists. The purpose of the survey is to identify key challenges and obstacles these agriculturalists face in achieving economic success and to inform the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture (HDOA) on necessary strategies, investments, and legislative priorities.
The survey covers various aspects, such as respondent demographics, types of agricultural production, geographic locations of operations, and the selection and ranking of specific issues impacting agribusiness viability. Additionally, it seeks to understand the legislative priorities of the respondents and their desired level of involvement in policy development and advocacy efforts. The survey results were used to identify programs and resources that support the long-term sustainability and profitability of Hawaiʻi's agricultural sector.
The survey was initially to remain open for a two-week period, but due to continued novel participation as a result the multi-month public outreach meetings schedule, the survey instrument has remained open over the duration of the project. Interest in presenting regularly updated and often regionally specific results to public outreach event participants led to the development of a web-based results dashboard in lieu of a single post-survey handout.
Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
Public URL: https://hawaiifarmersurvey.com/
Redirect URL: https://qualtricsxmntvc3cpf3.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dgPkAFacWR7bfts
Survey Results Dashboard
The 2024 Hawaiʻi Agricultural Issues & Priorities Dashboard is an interactive tool designed to present the results of the survey conducted among Hawaiʻi's agricultural community. The dashboard's primary purpose is to visualize and analyze the data collected on key issues and priorities affecting farmers, ranchers, aquaculturists, and horticulturists across the state.
The results dashboard allows users to filter data by respondent type, location, and whether they reported having legislative priorities during the 2024 legislative session, offering visual insights through pie and bar charts. The dashboard is crafted to help stakeholders, including policymakers and agricultural organizations, identify and address key challenges within the sector. Top issues were presented by both frequency and rank. Top ranked issues are calculated utilizing the Single Transferable Vote (STV) ranking system. This user-friendly interface facilitates understanding of how priorities shift based on respondent type and geography; in doing so the dashboard helps stakeholders, including policymakers and agricultural organizations, to understand the critical challenges faced by the agricultural sector in Hawaiʻi and to develop strategies to address these issues effectively.
2024 Hawaiʻi Agricultural Issues & Priorities Dashboard
Public URL: https://results.hawaiifarmersurvey.com/
Redirect URL: https://hunter-h.shinyapps.io/Farm_Bill_Survey_1_STV/