Decentralizing Sustainable and Vertical/Hydrophonic Small Holder Farming
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The Sustainable Development Goal to End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
About
BlockFarm is a Blockchain/IoT dApp for small hold farmers to maximize their crop yields, manage/sell their Wholesaler inventory on Chain, manage their DeFi Microloans and crop insurance and scale vertical/hydrophonic farming in their fields. Now, over 2 billion people will have regular access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food supply.
- A Farmer sets up a BlockFarm sensor in their fields
- Turn on their dApp to view the field metrics (including Carbon Credit calculations)
- Manage harvested wholesaler inventory in the BlockFarm dApp
- Manage their wholesaler payments, microloans and crop insurance in the BlockFarm dApp
Problem
Small-Holder farming has become increasingly more difficult because:
- Climate change, including high levels of soil degradation
- Lack of appropriate agricultural infrastructure and support (pesticides, water)
- Shortage of farming skills
- Variability of harvest prices, tough economic conditions
Solution
Provide a scalable easy-to-replicate farming platform that includes:
- Support for IoT-based field monitoring and harvesting
- Manage Wholesaler payments, verified harvest inventory under Smart Contracts
- Support for Vertical/Hydrophonic Crop Systems that yield 4 X more crops using 80% less water
- Crop Insurance Management
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Honorary Advisor
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Blockfarms Partners
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