Overview
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 pilot or a prototype. It is a working farm, already growing, already monitored, and already producing verified impact data available at hub.kokonut.network/projects/41. Founded and operated by sisters Yanny and Neury Hernández, Adelphi was funded through Public Nouns Proposal #69 — a public goods funding mechanism that allowed the Kokonut DAO to deploy critical infrastructure without corporate intermediaries. The farm covers 15,725 m², with 13,838 m² dedicated to an agro-ecological garden producing organic vegetables, fruits, and long-cycle coconut trees across short, medium, and long crop cycles simultaneously. The project integrates soil restoration, biodiversity conservation, organic food production, and community education into a single regenerative system. Every significant farm event — MRV submissions, harvest milestones, funding approvals — is anchored as an on-chain EAS attestation, making Adelphi’s impact record tamper-proof and publicly verifiable. Adelphi demonstrates all four components of the Kokonut solution simultaneously: DAO-funded capital deployment, Framework-standardized operations, satellite MRV with on-chain attestations, and SDG-aligned impact tracking with a 10% public goods revenue allocation built into the model.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 the 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, the elderly, and community members who want to reconnect with the land.Read the full background story →
Revenue projection at a glance
Adelphi’s three-cycle crop model generates revenue at different timescales — short-cycle vegetables produce cash flow immediately while medium and long-cycle crops compound over time.| Crop | Cycle | Annual production | Est. annual revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lettuce | Short (30–75 days, 5 cycles/yr) | 48,450 units across 10 plots | $133,237 |
| Passion fruit | Medium | 47,600 fruits · 3,661 nets across 8 plots | $11,019 |
| Coconut | Long | 6,144 coconuts across 8 plots | $4,854 |
| Total projected | ~$149,110 / yr |
General objective
Implement a regenerative agro-ecological production model that ensures environmental, social, and economic sustainability through soil restoration, biodiversity conservation, and organic food production — while promoting environmental education and commercialization in local markets.Specific objectives
- Regenerate soils through the application of biochar produced on-site from bamboo, remineralization with mineral-rich rocks, and ground cover systems to improve fertility and reduce erosion.
- Diversify agro-ecological production with short, medium, and long-cycle crops — including strategic fruit and forest species that build agroforestry structure over time.
- Conserve native and endangered species by establishing a specialized nursery for the propagation and free distribution of native flora to visitors and neighboring communities.
- Implement a sustainable animal production system — 110 free-range laying hens producing approximately 100 eggs per day, with poultry manure processed into humic acids and organic urea for on-site fertilization.
- Train farmers and local communities in agro-ecological and sustainable practices — through an education center offering workshops on agroforestry, organic production, soil regeneration, and environmental conservation.
- Expand the project by acquiring adjacent land for flora and fauna conservation, promoting long-term sustainability and a replicable model of regenerative production.
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, biochar 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, biodiverse replanting |
| Phase IV — MRV | Ongoing | Continuous across all phases — data recorded, attested on-chain, and published to the Data Hub |
Phase IV MRV runs continuously across all other phases — not sequentially after them. Every soil probe reading, satellite pass, and community field log is captured and attested on-chain throughout the farm’s entire operational life.
Project details
Location and geospatial data
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Gonzalo, Sabana Grande de Boyá, Monte Plata, Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates | 18°56’19.7”N 69°44’06.0”W |
| Total area | 15,725 m² |
| Agricultural area | 13,838 m² (agro-ecological garden) |
| 3D Land Model | Adelphi Ortho3D ↗ — georeferenced 3D land elevation model and orthomosaic |
| Species geodata | Adelphi Species GeoNode ↗ — GPS-tracked per plant via Silvi, mapped to species and health status |
| Live data | hub.kokonut.network/projects/41 ↗ — real-time harvest records, MRV events, and impact metrics |
MRV monitoring stack
Adelphi is monitored via the full three-tier Kokonut MRV methodology:- Remote sensing: Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, processed through NDVI, NDRE, ReCI, and MSAVI vegetation indices. Drone orthomosaics via Pix4Dcapture analyzed in QGIS.
- On-ground sensing: Soil moisture probes measuring volumetric water content, electrical conductivity, and soil temperature across crop beds.
- Community analytics: Field observations logged via the Atlantis App — crop cycle stage, plant health, water and soil analysis, disease flags — with third-party attestation support.
- Per-plant GPS: Every tree individually registered and tracked in Silvi with health logs and phenology records.
SDG alignment
Adelphi directly addresses five United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:| SDG | How Adelphi contributes |
|---|---|
| SDG 1 — No Poverty | Sustainable employment for local community members; income diversification through multi-cycle crop production |
| SDG 2 — Zero Hunger | Organic food production distributed through local markets and supermarkets; on-site food security for the community |
| SDG 5 — Gender Equality | Women-led leadership and operational management; female ownership of land and business decision-making |
| SDG 8 — Decent Work | Fair employment with verified wages; skills training through the agro-ecological education center |
| SDG 15 — Life on Land | Biochar soil regeneration; native and endangered species nursery; agroforestry biodiversity conservation |
Problem & Solution
The seven specific local challenges Adelphi addresses — economic hardship, food insecurity, environmental degradation, gender inequality, and more.
Crops, Biodiversity & Infrastructure
The full production system — fruit orchards, syntropic plots, the endangered species nursery, poultry farm, and training infrastructure.
Crops & Harvest Forecast
Detailed production formula, per-crop yield projections, revenue estimates, and seasonal planning for all three crop cycles.
Background Story
How Yanny and Neury Hernández built Adelphi from a dream of returning to the land — and what it means for the community around them.
Sustainable Development Goals
Adelphi’s full 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.