Adelphi is the proof that Kokonut works on real land.
Adelphi is Kokonut Network’s first live syntropic farm — a women-led, community-first agricultural project in Gonzalo, Sabana Grande de Boyá, Monte Plata, Dominican Republic. It is not a concept deck, prototype, or future promise. It is a working farm with land, founders, crops, infrastructure, revenue forecasts, public goods funding, MRV monitoring, and live data available through the Kokonut Hub.The canonical source of truth is the live Data Hub. This page summarizes the project, model, and evidence.
Why Adelphi matters
Adelphi demonstrates all four parts of the Kokonut model at once:DAO-funded capital deployment
Public goods funding helped deploy critical farm infrastructure without turning Adelphi into a corporate extraction project.
Framework-standardized operations
The farm runs through the Kokonut Framework: planning, soil preparation, production, regeneration, MRV, impact reporting, and expansion.
Public MRV and attestations
Satellite imagery, soil probes, field logs, per-plant GPS, IPFS records, and EAS attestations turn farm activity into public evidence.
Community-first regenerative production
Adelphi combines organic food production, local employment, biodiversity conservation, women-led leadership, and public goods allocation.
Adelphi is the credibility bridge between Kokonut’s thesis and Kokonut’s reality. If the global problem is underfunded regenerative agriculture, Adelphi is the first working proof that the DAO + Framework + MRV model can close that gap.
Project at a glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Farm | Adelphi |
| Location | Gonzalo, Sabana Grande de Boyá, Monte Plata, Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates | 18°56’19.7”N 69°44’06.0”W |
| Founders/operators | Yanny & Neury Hernández |
| Farm model | Women-led, community-first syntropic farm |
| Total area | 15,725 m² |
| Agricultural area | 13,838 m² agro-ecological garden |
| Framework phase | Phase II — Production & Regeneration |
| Funding milestone | Public Nouns Proposal #69 |
| Live data | hub.kokonut.network/projects/41 |
| 3D land model | Adelphi Ortho3D ↗ |
| Species geodata | Adelphi Species GeoNode ↗ |
The founders
Yanny & Neury Hernández — sisters, single mothers, farmers
Yanny and Neury grew up in a farming family, spending childhood vacations at their grandparents’ countryside home in the Dominican Republic. Although they built careers in the city — Yanny in pharmaceuticals, Neury as a professional manicurist — their connection to the land never faded.Two years ago, they took a bold step: they purchased land in Monte Plata with the intention to farm it, only to discover that financing cultivation was the hardest part. Adelphi was born from that gap — a project designed not only to secure their future, but to benefit the surrounding community through organic production, biodiversity education, and a gathering space for children, elders, and neighbors who want to reconnect with the land.Read the full background story →
How Adelphi works
Adelphi uses a three-cycle syntropic production model. Short-cycle vegetables create near-term cash flow, medium-cycle fruits add seasonal income, and long-cycle coconut trees build the perennial asset base that connects the farm back to Kokonut’s tree-backed governance model.Revenue projection at a glance
Adelphi’s three-cycle crop model generates revenue across different timeframes. Actual performance is tracked in the Live Data Hub, while projections are calculated through the Crops & Harvest Forecast methodology.| Crop / stream | Cycle | Annual production | Est. annual revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lettuce | Short — 30–75 days, 5 harvests/yr | 48,450 units across 10 plots | $133,237.50 |
| Passion fruit | Medium — annual | 47,600 fruits · 3,661 nets across 8 plots | $11,019.00 |
| Coconut | Long — perennial | 6,144 coconuts across 8 plots | $4,853.76 |
| Poultry eggs | Continuous | ~36,500 eggs/yr | Additional revenue stream |
| Total projected | ~$149,110.26 / yr |
The forecast uses conservative planning assumptions, including a 15% crop loss rate and 5 lettuce harvests per year. Actual yields, losses, harvest records, and impact metrics should be checked against the Data Hub.
10% of gross revenue — approximately $14,911 per year at forecasted performance — is allocated to public goods activities under the Kokonut Common Data Schema.
What is growing
Short-cycle vegetables
Lettuce, broccoli, spinach, tomatoes, arugula, and other minor crops provide fast, recurring harvests and early operational cash flow.
Medium-cycle fruits
Passion fruit and Indian yam add seasonal revenue and nutritional diversity as the farm matures.
Long-cycle coconut trees
Coconut trees anchor the perennial income base and connect Adelphi to Kokonut’s broader 1:1 tree-backed governance logic.
Poultry and organic inputs
110 free-range hens produce approximately 100 eggs per day. Poultry manure is processed into humic acids and organic urea for on-site fertilization.
Native and endangered species nursery
Adelphi propagates native and endangered species for conservation, education, biodiversity restoration, and free distribution to visitors and neighboring communities.
Training and community infrastructure
The farm includes a multipurpose education space for workshops, meetings, community programming, and agro-ecological training.
How Adelphi is verified
Every significant farm event — MRV submissions, harvest milestones, funding approvals, and impact records — is designed to move from field activity into public evidence.| Layer | What it verifies | Tools / methods |
|---|---|---|
| Remote sensing | Vegetation health and land change | Landsat 8, Sentinel-2, NDVI, NDRE, ReCI, MSAVI, drone orthomosaics, QGIS |
| Ground sensing | Soil and crop conditions | Soil moisture, volumetric water content, electrical conductivity, soil temperature |
| Community analytics | Human-observed field activity | Atlantis App field observations, crop cycle stage, disease flags, plant health logs |
| Per-plant GPS | Individual tree and species records | Silvi plant registration, geodata, health status, phenology records |
| On-chain evidence | Public, tamper-resistant proof | IPFS/Filecoin records, Farm Registry events, EAS attestations |
| Public reporting | Network-level accountability | Kokonut Hub, EBF reports, CRISP risk analysis, SDG alignment records |
Framework phase
Adelphi is currently operating in Phase II — Production and Regeneration of the Kokonut Framework development phases.| Phase | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Phase I — Planning & Preparation | ✅ Complete | Soil diagnosis, crop selection, infrastructure, personnel training, and biochar-based soil preparation |
| Phase II — Production & Regeneration | 🔄 Active | Agro-ecological practices implemented, soil regeneration underway, all three crop cycle lengths planted |
| Phase III — Consolidation & Expansion | Upcoming | Harvesting protocols, go-to-market strategy, organic certification, biodiversity expansion, adjacent land strategy |
| Phase IV — MRV | Ongoing | Continuous across all phases — data recorded, attested on-chain, and published to the Data Hub |
Phase IV MRV is not a final phase that starts after the farm is mature. It runs continuously across the farm’s entire operational life.
Impact alignment
Adelphi directly addresses five Sustainable Development Goals through concrete farm activities.| SDG | How Adelphi contributes | Evidence path |
|---|---|---|
| SDG 1 — No Poverty | Sustainable employment and income diversification through multi-cycle crop production | Jobs supported, revenue forecast, farm payroll and operations records |
| SDG 2 — Zero Hunger | Organic food production for local markets and community food access | Harvest records, crop diversity, Data Hub outputs |
| SDG 5 — Gender Equality | Women-led ownership, leadership, and operational management | Founder story, governance records, farm management documentation |
| SDG 8 — Decent Work | Fair employment, skills training, and agro-ecological education | Training records, job creation, education center activity |
| SDG 15 — Life on Land | Biochar soil regeneration, native species nursery, agroforestry, and biodiversity conservation | MRV data, species geodata, nursery logs, EBF reporting |
What Adelphi proves
Adelphi exists to prove that Kokonut’s model can turn undercapitalized land into a regenerative, community-owned, publicly verifiable production system.Farmers need coordination, not extraction
Adelphi shows how capital can reach farmers without giving corporations control over the upside.
Regeneration can be productive
The farm combines soil restoration, biodiversity, organic production, and revenue generation rather than treating ecology and economics as separate goals.
Impact can be measured
MRV turns farm activity into public evidence that can be inspected by DAO members, partners, researchers, and community contributors.
The model can replicate
Adelphi is the first implementation of the Framework. Every lesson, dataset, workflow, and attestation improves the next farm launch.
Explore Adelphi deeper
Problem & Solution
The seven local challenges Adelphi addresses — economic hardship, food insecurity, environmental degradation, gender inequality, and more.
Crops, Biodiversity & Infrastructure
The full production system — syntropic plots, fruit orchards, endangered species nursery, poultry farm, and training infrastructure.
Crops & Harvest Forecast
Production formulas, yield projections, revenue estimates, loss assumptions, and seasonal planning across all crop cycles.
Background Story
How Yanny and Neury Hernández built Adelphi from a dream of returning to the land — and what it means for their community.
Sustainable Development Goals
Adelphi’s SDG framework — how each goal is addressed, measured, and reported through the Kokonut Framework.
Live Data Hub
Real-time harvest records, MRV events, and aggregated impact metrics — the canonical source of truth for Adelphi’s actual performance.