01 - About
Opportunities to build digital trust
Emerging technologies offer supply chain participants new ways to connect and create valuable data sets, through this they are building more secure, efficient and liquid supply chains.
We're growing
agri-supply chains
We're securing, financing, trading and growing agri-supply chains
Our Protocol
Agriculture is under pressure to be more efficient, sustainable and secure, and we are here to lighten the load.
Geora is an Ethereum based commercial blockchain protocol designed for agriculture.
Our community uses our open source technology to build better solutions to trace, trade and finance along supply chains.
Create shared digital records
Bring together multiple data sources to create secure digital records of physical assets, easily share records or data sets within using simple access permissions.
Deploy smart contracts and workflows
Our simple API makes it easy to deploy standard asset classes for different commodities. Using our developer tools, users can execute standard workflows including creating, transforming, transacting and adding data to digital records.
Integrate with the real world
Internet of things devices, applications and machinery are integrated using standard or custom integration modules. Our mobile application makes it easy to add certificates, photos and data points to make records more accurate and complete.
Innovate with real time digital records
Inspect digital records in real time using our white label digital wallet, including visualising asset histories and certificates. Our ERC-compatible digital assets allow you to create new products to trade and finance these assets within Geora and other ethereum based protocols.
02 - Features
Onboard to the Geora Protocol and start building new solutions
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Integrate
Integrations with devices, applications and machinery
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Secured & Shared
Secure and shared digital records of physical commodities
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Open Source
Open source library of workflows and smart contracts
03 - Partners
We're backed by industry leaders
Whether on farm, processing, trading, or financing, the Geora community are creating value and building the future of digital agriculture.
04 - Projects
PNG P.I.G.S.
Livestock // Papua New Guinea
Partners // Geora, Switch Maven, Government of Papua New Guinea, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and the United Nations International Telecommunication Union
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Pigs are highly valuable assets in Papua New Guinea.
In partnership with SwitchMaven, we set out to provide farmers in the Jikawa province of Papua New Guinea with proven digital records of their pigs. Using smart contracts and simple integrations, we rolled out a mobile application and RFID tags to allow farmers to create traceable and verifiable digital records of their assets. Through these records they can access better prices at market, real time finance and other innovative solutions.
PIGS P.N.G. is phase one of a larger regional livestock initiative by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Provenance and Chain Assurance
Oats // Bordertown, South Australia
Partners // AgriDigital, CBH Group
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AgriDigital and CBH Group piloted the use of blockchain to provide supply chain assurance by tracing a batch of certified organic oats from the point of delivery through to a retail customer.
Capturing and analyzing a range of data points, the pilot looked at the growing, processing and production events critical to maintaining the organic status of the oats to produce a verifiable, data backed organics certificate. This certificate and history is then attached to the packaged oats through a QR code, allowing the consumer to investigate and visualise the entire history of the physical asset.
Verifiable provenance and supply chain assurance opens up opportunities for producers to access premium markets and protects against counterfeit products.
Real Time Asset Finance
Grain // Sydney, Australia
Partners // AgriDigital, Rabobank
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Rabobank and AgriDigital executed a proof of concept to demonstrate the purchase and sale of grain on a blockchain under a real time financing arrangement.
Using smart contracts to validate and execute the complexities of an inventory finance product, the proof of concept showed how blockchain can automate timely business processes and reduce the cost and error rate when making loans under an inventory finance product.
Reconciliation processes, and physical audits can be eliminated by creating an digital integrated environment, using IoT devices and sensors to monitor the physical asset and event driven smart contracts to execute loans, repayments and asset transfers.
Transaction and Payment Security
Wheat // Dubbo
Partners // AgriDigital, Fletcher International Exports
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In 2016, at Fletcher International Exports in Dubbo NSW, AgriDigital executed the world’s first settlement of a physical commodity on a blockchain. Typically, payment terms in the Australian grains industry range from seven to thirty-five days, and it is these terms that pose a substantial counterparty or credit risk which to growers.
In this pilot, AgriDigital facilitated the live settlement of 23 tonnes of APW1 wheat, at the exact moment the grower made delivery of that grain to Fletcher International Export’s site in Dubbo, NSW. Matching delivery to payment allows for the complete removal of counterparty risk, as the digital commodity does not leave the farmers digital wallet until the precise moment that they are paid. The automation provided by using event driven smart contracts to execute the transaction replaces costly back office reconciliation and payment processes.
05 - Team
Co-founder & Chair
Emma Weston
As CEO and Co-Founder of AgriDigital, Emma's vision gave rise to Geora. As a co-founder Emma continues to guide and grow the Geora community, as well as on-boarding AgriDigital as the first customer of the Geora protocol.
Emma’s diverse career as a lawyer, agribusiness executive, start-up mentor and executive coach adds a wealth of strategic and operational experience to the Geora team. Her knowledge of industry best practice drives our innovation, ecosystem, and customer service.
In 2017, Emma was recognised as the Female Fintech Leader of the Year in Australia and was also named a Top 25 Fintech Influencer by Finder.com.au.
Co-Founder & CEO
Bridie Ohlsson
Leading the growth and direction of Geora, Bridie is passionate about using technology to meet sustainable development goals and connect farmers with financial and digital systems globally.
Since 2016, Bridie has navigated the intersection of blockchain and agriculture heading up external relations and the blockchain pilot program at AgriDigital. Through this program, AgriDigital pioneered the technical design and application of blockchain to agriculture globally. On the basis of this work, Bridie authored use cases in a range of publications including CSRIO Data61's Architecture for Blockchain Applications as well as in the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations' e-Agriculture publication Blockchain for Agriculture, Opportunities and Challenges.
Bridie is an active member of the Standards Australia Blockchain Technical Committee - Smart Contracts Working Group (IT-041) and is a regular speaker on blockchain at conferences globally.
Bridie holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts studying at both the University of Sydney and Sciences Po, Paris.
Co-Founder & CTO
George Samman
Since 2012, George has worked as a blockchain and cryptocurrency investor and advisor to global financial institutions, startups, hedge funds and law firms globally. As a technical expert on a full range of blockchain technologies. George guides the Geora protocol on product development and solution architecture.
George co-founded BTC.sx, now magnr, a bitcoin trading platform in 2013. He is also a former Wall Street Senior Portfolio Manager and Market Strategist as well as a technical analyst. George holds the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation.
George was recently the lead author of “The State of Stablecoins 2019: Hype vs. Reality in the Race for Stable, Global, Digital Money” and has previously authored seminal reports on blockchain architecture published by leading organisations include KPMG and Gilbert & Tobin. George writes a blog on blockchain technology and use cases at sammantics.com where you can find his most recent work.
06 - Contact
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