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Rough draft for discussion purposes. Need to flesh out further. Sharing so we have some anchor for the FY23 budgeting process.

DeFi for Smallholder Adaptation + Resilience [+ Mitigation]

User Journey

  • Farmer groups develop funding proposals to make investments for climate adaptation / resilience and mitigation (could broaden this to cover achievement of other SDGs like livelihoods and gender as well)

  • Each project and its associated data is aggregated in an NFT

  • Projects are listed in a website where donors can fund a portion (similar to GoFundMe

  • Donors/funders are buying “shares” in an NFT which aggregates a bunch of info about a project (which is captured via KDE) incl headline stats on the farmer group and impact metrics (performance on SDGs, maybe even climate outcomes like emission reduction, reduction in water usage, biodiversity improvement, etc) associated w the project 

  • Sponsoring a project gives funder a “claim” on the impact metrics generated by the project which he/she can display to their stakeholders 

  • 5% of proceeds to platform provider, 10% to data verifiers (could be fixed $ amount based on size of project) and remainder to project / farmer group. Farmer group puts up [33]% of cost of project

Sample projects

  • $[50]k for a cashew processing facility to increase earnings

  • $[20]k for soil moisture sensors that cover 500 acres + 5 year subscription to irrigation advisories to save water and increase yield (Cultyvate)

  • Committed capital that is a backstop for existing farmer loan, pays out in adverse outcome; quasi-insurance  

  • FPO pre-pays farmers for [50]% of their expected marketable surplus to cover their input costs at most recent season price to build trust / credibility among farmers

  • Cold storage for horticulture FPOs (reducing food waste)

  • $[2]k for sustainable honey procurement equipment for bee-keeping collectives in Ethiopia

  • $5k for post harvest stuff like PICS bags, dry-card, drying equipment (to manage moisture levels, reduce wastage, improve price realization)

What’s needed to test this ?

  • Develop [4] investment proposals w FPOs w estimated impact / climate angle

  • DG funds [40]% of each project and speaks with donors / retail funders for the remainder to get feedback on the concept (esp the blended finance opportunity, see below)

  • We don’t need to mint NFTs right away but explore how this might add-value in the future

Further Considerations

  • Demand driven; farmer groups list funding needs. Contrast this with a lot of financing which goes through SMEs which have a second order benefit to farmer groups. Also, letting farmer groups state what they need to adapt builds agency

  • Start with grants and evolve to blended finance

  • Angellist model where capital providers can collaborate to form syndicates; each participant gets exposure to the terms that fit their mandate (donors provide first loss, DFIs are mezz, commercial are most senior) 

  • NFT “shares” could be tradeable; smart contract where [50]% of gains (and no losses) to go back to farmer group (motivation to trade and what drive increase of value TBD)

  • Fee based model gives this a relatively clear path to sustainability

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