The economy plays a vital in national development and boosting local enterprises is an inclusive initiative eyeing to alleviate people from poverty so that should no one will be left behind. At the height of the pandemic, changing impositions of lockdowns affected the deployment of agricultural products from the producers to consumers. Food wastage, damage, and lack of alternative entrepreneurial strategies affect the ability of the entire agricultural sector to support livelihoods. Meanwhile, such agricultural concerns caught the attention of the country for a call to develop innovative solutions to help farmers and the fisherfolks market their own harvests with utmost control on decent prices to recover from the pandemic.

The City of Cauayan in collaboration with the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) drives the way to digital transformation by inviting Data Analytics experts and locale to transform data sets of the LGU into an innovation that will provide economic freedom, regional organization, and inclusive growth for all via the Open Data Challenge.