Open Source Agriculture: funding & managing coconut farms with blockchain | Alejandro Adon | Gitcoin Climate Solutions
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Please meet Alejandro Adon of Kokonut Network.
Based in the Dominican Republic, Kokonut Network provides blockchain governance and open-source accounting to the agricultural industry. Their mission is to promote, organize, fund, and manage coconut farms around the world.
https://kokonut.network/
As a blockchain-based cooperative, Kokonut aims to develop and manage a network of coconut farms, all connected by web3. Their main goal is to address the worldwide lack of funding for agricultural projects. Kokonut helps farmers get the funds they need while creating opportunities for web3 communities by giving them access to perpetual natural assets. Kokonut uses a DAO framework for decision-making and allocating treasury funds.
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