Adelphi uses the SDGs as an evidence map — not as proof by themselves.
Adelphi currently focuses on five primary Sustainable Development Goals:- SDG 1 — No Poverty
- SDG 2 — Zero Hunger
- SDG 5 — Gender Equality
- SDG 8 — Decent Work and Economic Growth
- SDG 15 — Life on Land
An SDG claim becomes credible only when the activity, metric, reporting period, evidence source, and interpretation are clear.
Inspect published farm records
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Understand the evidence lifecycle
See how observations, measurements, forecasts, reviewed records, attestations, and interpretations remain separate.
Alignment is not the same as verified impact. A farm can be designed around an SDG before enough evidence exists to claim that the corresponding development outcome has been achieved.
The four levels of an SDG claim
Adelphi’s SDG reporting should distinguish four levels.
Most overclaiming happens when a page jumps directly from alignment or activity to impact.
Primary SDGs at a glance
This table intentionally uses the strongest claim the current documentation can support, not the strongest claim the project hopes to make eventually.
How SDG evidence should flow
The SDG layer sits after farm evidence, not before it. An SDG label should never create evidence retroactively. The supporting evidence should exist first.SDG 1 — No Poverty
Adelphi’s current connection
Adelphi connects to SDG 1 through:- documented farm employment;
- productive assets;
- modeled farm revenue;
- a modeled public-goods allocation;
- women-led ownership and operations.
Adelphi supports documented jobs and is building productive farm capacity that may generate recurring income.That is different from saying poverty has already been reduced.
Current evidence
Evidence needed for a stronger SDG 1 claim
- employment duration and role type;
- compensation or payroll evidence;
- realized sales and revenue;
- farm operating costs;
- realized public-goods transfers;
- operator income;
- beneficiary or household economic data where appropriate;
- reporting period.
What not to claim yet
- “Adelphi reduced poverty”;
- “farm income is resilient”;
- “public goods are already funded at the modeled level”;
- “forecast revenue equals operator income.”
SDG 2 — Zero Hunger
Adelphi’s current connection
Adelphi has diversified food-production infrastructure across:- short-cycle vegetables;
- passion fruit;
- Indian yam;
- coconut;
- poultry eggs;
- additional agroforestry and food species.
Adelphi has diversified food-production capacity and a documented production model.That is not the same as demonstrating improved food security for the surrounding community.
Current planning model
Evidence needed for a stronger SDG 2 claim
- actual planted quantities;
- actual harvest quantities;
- losses and rejected produce;
- egg production logs;
- sales and distribution records;
- destination or buyer category;
- donations or community distribution;
- affordability or access evidence if making food-security claims.
What not to claim yet
- “local food insecurity was reduced”;
- “the community has improved access to food” without distribution evidence;
- “242,250 lettuces/year were produced” when that figure is a forecast.
Forecast vs. actuals
See the assumptions behind Adelphi’s production model and the actual records required to replace them over time.
SDG 5 — Gender Equality
Adelphi’s current connection
SDG 5 has one of the clearest documented starting points at Adelphi: Yanny and Neury Hernández are women directly connected to land ownership, project leadership, and farm operations. The repository describes them as:- sisters;
- single mothers;
- landowners;
- founders;
- operators.
Adelphi is a women-led agricultural project.It does not prove that gender inequality has been reduced across the surrounding community.
Current evidence
Evidence needed for a broader SDG 5 claim
- participation of women in employment;
- role and decision-making data;
- training participation by gender where appropriate;
- compensation or economic-benefit data;
- access to land, capital, or technical opportunity;
- leadership roles beyond the founders;
- reporting period and comparison over time.
What not to claim yet
- “Adelphi reduced gender inequality”;
- “women in the community have greater economic independence” without evidence;
- “inclusive hiring” unless actual hiring records support it.
SDG 8 — Decent Work and Economic Growth
Adelphi’s current connection
Adelphi currently documents seven jobs and multiple work domains associated with operating the farm. Work can include:- crop management;
- irrigation and maintenance;
- poultry care;
- nursery propagation;
- biological-input and biochar workflows;
- community-program support;
- farm records and MRV.
Adelphi supports documented agricultural work and creates opportunities to build regenerative-farming skills.The term decent work requires more evidence than a job count alone.
Evidence needed for a stronger SDG 8 claim
Market-readiness context
The repository documents:- organic certification as in progress;
- target channels such as organic-food businesses, supermarkets, and direct community sales.
What not to claim yet
- “seven full-time jobs” unless role records establish full-time status;
- “decent work is proven” from job count alone;
- “market access is established” without buyer or sales records.
SDG 15 — Life on Land
Adelphi’s current connection
Adelphi implements several practices relevant to SDG 15:- syntropic farming;
- agroforestry;
- native and at-risk species propagation;
- nursery operations;
- bamboo-derived biochar;
- ground cover;
- poultry integration;
- geospatial records;
- remote-sensing indicators.
Adelphi is implementing land-management and biodiversity practices designed to support ecological regeneration.They do not by themselves prove biodiversity restoration, improved soil function, carbon sequestration, or reduced land degradation.
Current evidence map
What not to claim yet
- “biodiversity has been restored”;
- “soil health has improved” without repeated soil evidence;
- “erosion has been reduced” without comparative evidence;
- “carbon has been sequestered” without the appropriate methodology and reporting period.
SDG 13 — Climate Action remains a co-benefit
Adelphi’s practices can create climate-relevant signals through:- agroforestry;
- biochar;
- living vegetation;
- soil-building practices;
- reduced bare soil;
- perennial systems.
- a defined carbon methodology;
- baseline;
- measurement boundary;
- soil and/or biomass data where applicable;
- reporting period;
- uncertainty treatment;
- review or verification appropriate to the claim.
Secondary SDGs should remain secondary unless evidence matures
The broader Kokonut Framework maps additional SDGs as conditional or secondary. Examples relevant to Adelphi can include:
This avoids a common SDG-reporting failure: claiming all 17 goals because a project can be loosely connected to them.
The five primary SDGs reinforce the farm system — but causality must still be measured
The original SDG page presented a causal chain such as: healthy land → food → jobs → income → resilience That is a useful design hypothesis. It should not be reported as demonstrated causality without evidence. A safer systems view is: The dotted relationships are hypotheses and pathways, not measured causal conclusions.Reporting cadence: what should happen
The Framework describes annual impact reporting as the place where SDG evidence can be summarized. For Adelphi, an annual SDG review should reconcile:- documented jobs;
- harvest actuals;
- sales and distribution;
- public-goods transfers;
- training and event records;
- nursery propagation and distribution;
- soil and vegetation evidence;
- certification status;
- major changes in farm operations;
- unresolved evidence gaps.
- documented state;
- measurement;
- derived indicator;
- forecast/model;
- reviewed/attested claim;
- interpretation.
This page does not assume a complete annual SDG report already exists for every period. It defines the evidence structure such a report should use.
SDG claim template
Every material SDG claim should answer:Example
Instead of:“Adelphi advances SDG 2 by improving food security.”Prefer:
“Adelphi’s production system aligns with SDG 2. During the reporting period, the farm recorded [actual harvest quantity] of [crop], of which [distribution quantity] was sold or distributed through [channel]. Broader food-security outcomes have not yet been measured.”That wording makes the evidence boundary visible.
What this page can support today
Five primary SDGs are clearly defined
SDG 1, 2, 5, 8, and 15 provide the baseline impact map for Adelphi.
Every SDG can be tied to evidence requirements
Jobs, harvests, ownership, work conditions, species records, and land practices each have an identifiable evidence path.
Forecasts stay separate from outcomes
Modeled crop revenue, production, egg output, and public-goods allocations are not reported as achieved impact.
Secondary claims have a maturity path
Education, climate, responsible production, and partnerships can become stronger claims when specific evidence exists.
What this page does not prove
- that Adelphi has reduced poverty;
- that local food insecurity has declined;
- that gender inequality has been reduced beyond the documented women-led ownership structure;
- that all seven jobs meet every decent-work standard;
- that biodiversity or soil conditions have measurably improved;
- that carbon benefits have been verified;
- that a 10% or 40% public-goods allocation has been realized;
- that SDG alignment has been independently certified.
Sources of truth by SDG question
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MRV — Evidence Standard
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Crops & Harvest Forecast
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Crops, Biodiversity & Infrastructure
Review the physical interventions relevant to SDG 2 and SDG 15.
Background Story
Understand the documented women-led ownership and founder context behind SDG 5.
Framework SDG Methodology
See the primary/secondary SDG model that applies across Kokonut Framework farms.
Impact Calculator
Use scenario outputs to plan evidence requirements without treating estimated SDG alignment as verified impact.
The SDGs are most useful when they tell us what evidence to collect next—not when they are used as badges for outcomes that have not yet been measured.