Orange Pill Cocoa
Launching West Africa's first Web3 cocoa cooperative, focusing on regenerative agriculture to improve farmer incomes, combat child labor, and increase sustainability through organic practices and carbon credits.User Review
AI Review
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Reviewed on 14 Feb 2024 05:56 PM
Projects must be at least 3 months old. Newer projects should establish themselves and submit to the next round.
The provided description does not explicitly state the inception date or duration of operation of the project.
The Grant must be primarily focused on climate solutions (the group may do other work but the grant proposal should be directly related to climate solutions). The proposal should explicitly outline how this project will help reduce GHGs or is an important core infrastructure for web3 climate solutions.
The project is focused on transitioning to regenerative agriculture, increasing income through carbon credits, and restoring forests, which are direct methods of combating climate change and reducing GHGs. Furthermore, the incorporation of web3 technologies for this purpose (dMRV, carbon credit generation) aligns it with being an important core infrastructure for web3 climate solutions.
Grantees who received funding in previous rounds should report on project progress since GR15 or the Alpha & Beta rounds. We understand that some projects may have less progress given the timing of Alpha & Beta round disbursements. This will ensure accountability to supporters and also help encourage contributors by showing what you’ve been accomplishing.
The project description does not provide information on whether it has received funding from previous rounds and hence no report on the progress since then is available for evaluation.
All returning grantees are expected to update their proposal, in addition to project updates the proposal should include lessons learned from previous work and how they will use the additional funding from the upcoming round. The updated proposal should indicate how additional funding will help the project meet its goals, and include a rough timeline for the project overall.
Without evidence of prior funding received, it's unclear whether the project has an existing proposal that needs updating. The description provides information on potential progress and developments but does not specifically outline updates from a previous version of proposals or any lessons learned from past work.
There is a general expectation that projects are within the “realm of viability”. Even if a project may be at a very early stage, it still must seem credible to the average person with an understanding of web3 technology and climate solutions. Grantee founders must genuinely intend to build the project, and the project must not broadly be considered an impossibility.
The project appears to be within the realm of viability given the detailed description of steps, the identification of partner farmers, contacts with other cooperative networks, and a plan for using web3 technologies. The founders have relevant expertise and seem to have a genuine intention to build the project.