ClearRoots
Small coffee and cocoa farmers need to prove they follow EU rules, but hiring someone to handle the paperwork costs too much. This tool lets them collect and verify the data themselves using their phones.
The Dangerous Compliance Gap
EU regulations are pushing thousands of smallholder farmers out of markets
Farmers Can't Comply
- EU laws (EUDR, CSDDD, CSRD) require proof of ethical sourcing
- No tools to generate compliant documentation
- Can't afford consultants or certification services
Importers Stuck Too
- SME importers lack affordable due diligence tools
- Risk: market exit or fraudulent compliance
- Customs blocks shipments without proper docs
Result: Ethical sourcing becomes impossible at scale. Small farmers lose livelihoods. Supply chains consolidate to large players who can afford compliance.
Who Needs ClearRoots and Why
Breaking the compliance gap from both ends of the supply chain
Smallholder Farmers
- • Losing EU buyers due to compliance requirements
- • Don't know what data to collect
- • Can't prove sustainability claims
- • No budget for certification
- • Simple mobile app in their language
- • Works offline (limited connectivity)
- • Clear guidance on what to record
- • Free or very low cost
Keep EU market access, maintain premium prices for certified sustainable products, financial security
SME Importers
- • Need supplier compliance documentation
- • Can't verify farmer claims manually
- • Risk of shipments blocked at customs
- • Due diligence consultants too expensive
- • Verified compliance documents from farmers
- • Audit trails they can show authorities
- • Affordable solution that scales
- • Integration with their systems
Automated compliance documentation, blockchain proof for customs, maintain ethical sourcing relationships
Cooperatives
- • Managing compliance for 100s of farmers
- • Members losing market access
- • Data collection is manual chaos
- • Can't aggregate member data easily
- • Centralized data from all members
- • Batch document generation
- • Ownership and control of member data
- • Dashboard to monitor compliance
Data ownership, market power, member retention, easier buyer negotiations
Regulators/Customs
- • Can't verify sustainability claims easily
- • Inconsistent documentation formats
- • Risk of fraudulent compliance
- • Manual audit processes are slow
- • Tamper-proof audit trails
- • Standardized data formats
- • Quick verification methods
- • Traceability to origin
Blockchain verification reduces fraud, faster customs processing, achievable compliance rates
AgUnity (Platform)
- • Blockchain infrastructure needs use cases
- • Hard to reach smallholder farmers
- • Platform adoption is slow
- • Need killer app for agriculture
- • Blockchain ledger infrastructure
- • Mobile-first architecture
- • Offline-first data sync
- • Immutable record keeping
Real-world adoption, compliance use case validates platform, cooperative network growth
Insurance (Future)
- • Hard to verify farmer practices
- • High risk = high premiums
- • No data to assess sustainability
- • Manual claims processing
- • Verified farming practice data
- • Historical compliance records
- • Risk assessment inputs
- • Automated verification
Data-driven pricing, new market (smallholder insurance), reduced fraud
How ClearRoots Works
Mobile app (works offline) captures farm location, processing methods, harvest info
Data syncs to AgUnity blockchain ledger creating tamper-proof records
Satellite imagery & GPS verify claims, fill missing data gaps automatically
System automatically generates EUDR, CSRD, CSDDD compliance docs. Importer downloads verified documentation for customs.
Mobile-First Design
- • Offline-first architecture
- • Works on basic smartphones
- • Multilingual interface (English, Spanish, French, Amharic)
- • GPS and camera integration
AI-Powered Validation
- • Satellite imagery analysis (deforestation checks)
- • GPS location verification
- • Data inference for missing fields
- • Pattern detection for anomalies
Blockchain Verification
- • AgUnity ledger integration
- • Immutable audit trails
- • Cooperative data ownership
- • Timestamp verification
Current Status
Early stage with planning documents and R project files. Architecture being built from ground up.
Help Build ClearRoots
We need partners, developers, and cooperatives to make this vision real.