5am.earth Foundation: Decentralized Agricultural Trust Layer on Cardano
5am.earth Foundation: Decentralized Agricultural Trust Layer on Cardano: ₳4.85M paid of ₳9.7M from Cardano's treasury, through Intersect Treasury Contracts 2, in 4 payments. The next payment unlocks 29 Mar 2027.
Approved by 5am.earth Trust Layer Targeting Vision 2030 KPIs.
About the project
The Supplier will build, operate, and hand to the Foundation stewardship an open, reusable, decentralized agricultural information trust layer anchored on Cardano Mainnet, as ratified by the Cardano community in the 10,000,000 ADA Treasury Withdrawal Action (epoch 639). Over the 18-month funded period, the Supplier will: expand verified farmer and farm coverage to 500,000 registered farmers across India, Cambodia, and Kenya through Agri-Entrepreneur (AE)-supported field operations building on Project Swaminathan's live India deployment.
Payments
- m-0: Payment 1 - Contract Signing Fee — ₳4.85M, Paid 25 Aug 2026
- m-1: Payment 2 - Gate M1 (M1.1, M2.1, M3.1, M6.1) — ₳1.94M, Scheduled, unlocks 29 Mar 2027
- m-2: Payment 3 - Gate M2 (M1.2, M2.2, M3.2, M4.2, M5.2, M6.2) — ₳2.43M, Scheduled, unlocks 29 Sept 2027
- m-3: Payment 4 - Gate M3 (M1.3, M3.3, M4.3, M5.3, M6.3) — ₳485K, Scheduled, unlocks 29 Mar 2028