Sustainable Development Goals

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SDG 1 — No Poverty

Eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere and ensure all people have equal rights to economic resources.

• Financial capital: Direct employment income and revenue distribution within the local Monte Plata community
• Social capital: Community-owned revenue model — 10% of all farm revenue routed to public goods activities for the surrounding community. How it’s measured: Monthly revenue tracking from crop sales and poultry production. Annual household income impact assessment. Employment records are maintained and reported via the Atlantis App field data system.

• Contributes to SDG 8 (Decent Work) by providing stable agricultural employment
• Supported by SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) — food security at the household level reduces expenditure that would otherwise reduce disposable income
• Reinforced by SDG 5 (Gender Equality) — women-led income generation strengthens the economic independence of the founding family and their community

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SDG 2 — Zero Hunger

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.

• Organic markets — direct community access to fresh produce
• Local supermarkets — broader regional food security contribution
• On-site direct sales — lowest-friction access for immediate community Capital contributions:
• Living capital: Diverse, resilient food production system with syntropic multi-strata structure that is less susceptible to climate shocks than monoculture
• Cultural capital: Preservation of native fruit varieties and traditional Dominican food crops through the endangered species nursery. How it’s measured: Harvest records per crop per cycle, logged to the Data Hub. Community food access surveys conducted annually. Organic certification compliance, once achieved, tracks quality standards.

• Supported by SDG 15 (Life on Land) — healthy soil through biochar and syntropic farming directly enables diverse food production capacity
• Contributes to SDG 1 (No Poverty) — local food production reduces household food expenditure, improving disposable income
• Reinforced by SDG 8 (Decent Work) — the people producing this food have stable employment from the same operation

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SDG 5 — Gender Equality

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

• Social capital: Inclusive governance model — women hold all decision-making roles, demonstrating viability for other women in the region
• Experiential capital: Equal access to skill development in regenerative agriculture, farm management, and cooperative governance. How it’s measured: Governance records in the Kokonut DAO Farm Registry. Community survey tracking women’s participation in farm programs annually. SDG 5 attestation created on-chain via EAS for each annual reporting cycle.

• Directly reinforces SDG 1 (No Poverty) — women’s economic independence is the most durable pathway out of household poverty
• Contributes to SDG 8 (Decent Work) — women in leadership create the conditions for other women to access decent agricultural employment in the region
• Connected to the Kokonut Manifesto’s Freedom of Access principle: anyone who adds value should receive governance rights and economic participation — regardless of gender

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SDG 8 — Decent Work and Economic Growth

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all.

• Crop management across short, medium, and long cycle beds
• Poultry management (110 hens, daily egg collection, manure processing)
• Nursery operations — propagation, GPS tracking, community distribution
• Biochar production (bamboo harvest, pyrolysis, soil application)
• Community education program delivery
• MRV data collection and Atlantis App field logging, Capital contributions:
• Financial capital: Sustainable agricultural employment model generating stable wages within the local economy
• Human capital: Skills training through the agro-ecological education center — building capabilities that transfer to other agricultural contexts How it’s measured: Employment records maintained quarterly. Skills training participation is tracked per workshop session. Economic impact assessment included in annual EBF report. Organic certification status is tracked against Ministry of Agriculture milestones.

• Reinforces SDG 1 (No Poverty) — employment income is the primary mechanism for poverty reduction
• Enabled by SDG 5 (Gender Equality) — women-led management creates the organizational culture that recruits and retains women workers
• Supported by SDG 15 (Life on Land) — regenerative farming creates more employment per hectare than extractive conventional agriculture

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SDG 15 — Life on Land

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss.

• Living capital: Active enhancement of biodiversity — the farm increases rather than depletes the ecological value of its land with each season
• Intellectual capital: Documentation of native species propagation techniques and syntropic farming applications specific to Dominican Republic conditions — contributed back to the Kokonut Framework as open-source methodology. How it’s measured: Quarterly biodiversity surveys tracking changes in local flora and fauna. Annual carbon sequestration rate calculated from satellite NDVI data and soil organic matter tests. Nursery species count and distribution records are maintained per season. All vegetation indices are archived via the MRV pipeline and attested on-chain.

• Directly enables SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) — soil health is the foundation of food production capacity; the land improves every season under syntropic methods
• Contributes to SDG 13 (Climate Action) — carbon sequestration through biochar, agroforestry, and syntropic farming; not an Adelphi primary SDG but a direct co-benefit
• Supported by SDG 1 (No Poverty) — free native plant distribution to neighbors extends the farm’s biodiversity impact beyond its own boundary while strengthening community relationships

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How the five SDGs reinforce each other

SDG 15 (healthy soil)
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SDG 2 (food production capacity)
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SDG 1 (household income + food security)
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SDG 8 (employment)    SDG 5 (women's leadership)
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      (both reinforce SDG 1 and each other)

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Annual SDG reporting