iVerify Agricultural Process
From Farm to Market - Technology That Works Offline
Complete Offline-First Agricultural Verification
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The Lost Revenue Opportunity from Lack of Certification
Analysis shows over $180 billion in annual revenue is lost because the vast majority of agricultural and mineral products from developing regions are uncertified and cannot access premium markets.
Patent Pending: The iVerify system and methodologies described herein are protected under U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/859,920, filed August 8, 2025. The integrated field-to-ledger verification processes, AI-powered Sentinel Tower child labor monitoring, blockchain custody records, and market enablement technologies disclosed in this presentation are subject to intellectual property protection.
Executive Summary
The Problem: A Farmer's Story
Imagine a farmer growing cocoa beans in Ghana. She produces high-quality cocoa that could command premium prices in European markets, but she has no way to prove where it came from, how it was grown, or that it meets certification standards. Because her cocoa is not traceable, both she and her country fail to capture the full value of their work. This lack of certification starves the economy, keeping billions of dollars of value locked away from smallholder producers.
The Solution: "Always On" Satellites
The GPS satellites are always running, everywhere. Most Android phones—including the common, low-cost models like Tecno, Infinix, and Itel already prevalent across developing regions—have GPS capability precise enough to map a farm. This works without internet or cell service. The farmer can use her existing phone to create verifiable, GPS-located records of her production, establishing the traceability that unlocks premium markets.
The Technology: Simple, Secure Ledger
iVerify stores this GPS and production data in a secure, blockchain-style ledger that creates an unchangeable record. When the farmer attaches a unique, numbered tag to each unit of cocoa and takes a photo, she creates definitive proof of origin and compliance. The critical advantage: this data is owned by the national partner—typically the government—ensuring that value and control remain with local institutions.
The Business Model: Making Money by Doing Good
We like to make money by doing good at the same time. iVerify generates revenue by enabling smallholder producers to access premium markets while building local capacity and ownership. The platform provides the verifiable documentation needed to meet EUDR and conflict mineral regulations, turning compliance requirements into economic opportunities for smallholder producers and their countries.
The Problem
The Traceability Crisis: Why African Producers Are Locked Out
smallholder producers face an immediate crisis: new international regulations demand precise traceability, but the technology and systems to provide this proof remain inaccessible to millions of smallholder farmers and miners.
1. Regulatory Requirements Are Now Mandatory
Major markets have moved beyond voluntary certification to mandatory traceability requirements.
- The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requires full GPS traceability for all cocoa, coffee, and palm oil imports by December 2025.
- Conflict mineral regulations demand documented proof of mine origin for all minerals entering global supply chains.
- Producers without this proof will be banned from premium markets, losing access to billions in revenue.
2. The Technology Gap
Current traceability solutions are designed for developed markets, not developing market realities.
- With only 15% rural internet access in developing regions, web-based systems fail in the field.
- Existing solutions require expensive equipment and high literacy levels that exclude smallholder producers.
- Most systems store data externally, creating dependency on foreign platforms rather than building local capacity.
3. The Innovation Opportunity
The components for a solution already exist - they just need to be integrated effectively.
- GPS satellites run everywhere, always - most Android phones can already map a farm.
- Low-cost Android phones (Tecno, Infinix, Itel) are already prevalent across developing regions.
- Simple, proven technologies exist for offline data collection and secure storage.
- What's missing is integration that works for smallholder producers and keeps data ownership local.
The path forward requires producer-centered solutions.
iVerify integrates proven technologies in new ways, designed specifically for smallholder producers and owned by local partners. The components are field-tested - the innovation is in making them work together seamlessly.
Read the Full White PaperThe Solution
EU-Compliant Verification at Zero Cost to Producers
iVerify solves the core problem: farmers and miners need EU-compliant traceability, but existing solutions are too expensive and complicated. Our approach is different—accurate, compliant, and free to use.
Working Technology, Not Just Concepts
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This demonstrates the GPS mapping, photo integration, and professional reporting that powers iVerify
The complete process: Walk your property, tag your product, meet EU requirements
Works Anywhere, For Anyone
No internet required: GPS satellites work everywhere—remote farms, deep mines, anywhere on Earth
No literacy required: Just buttons to push, nothing to read
No special equipment: Uses Android phones farmers already own
This removes every barrier. No connectivity requirements, no education requirements, no equipment costs. Anyone can use it immediately.
Three Simple Steps, Zero Cost
Step 1: Walk around your property (GPS works offline)
Step 2: Tag and photograph your produce (all offline)
Step 3: Upload later when you find internet—you now meet EU requirements
Zero cost to producers. Premium market access creates enough value to fund the entire system without charging farmers or miners.
The Business Model: Free to Use, Funded by Value Created
When millions of smallholder producers can suddenly access premium markets, the economic value is enormous. That value funds the platform—no cost to farmers, no barriers to adoption, maximum market penetration. Everyone wins: producers get market access, buyers get compliant supply chains, and the platform scales globally.
Workflow: Agriculture
A Field-to-Ledger Process for Farmers
The platform's workflow is engineered to be offline-first and accessible to users with any level of literacy. It requires no specialized hardware beyond the farmer's own smartphone.
Complete agricultural workflow: Farm registration, product tagging, and verification process
Part 1: One-Time Farm Registration
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Step 1: Installation & Map Caching (Online)
The farmer downloads the iVerify app from the Play Store while in an area with internet. The app automatically downloads and caches map tiles for their specific region.
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Step 2: Map the Farm (Offline)
Back at their farm with no internet connection, the farmer opens the app and walks the perimeter. The phone's native GPS creates a precise digital boundary, which is saved locally.
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Step 3: Identity Verification (Offline)
The farmer completes a profile in the app by taking a selfie and capturing photos of identity or land-claim paperwork, linking a person to a specific GPS-defined property.
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Step 4: First Synchronization (Online)
The next time the farmer has internet access, they press a single "UPLOAD" button. The app securely uploads the map and identity data, creating their foundational record.
Part 2: Ongoing Harvest Verification
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Step 5: Secure the Product (Offline)
The farmer locks a sack of produce with a uniquely numbered security tag and uses the iVerify app to photograph it. The photo is automatically geotagged, creating an unchangeable link between that specific product, a time, and a location on their registered farm.
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Step 6: Premium Verification (Multi-Pesticide Testing) (Offline)
For access to the highest-value markets, the platform supports on-site testing for 6 major pesticide classes. Using simple, field-ready reagent kits, the farmer documents the results with a color-calibrated DNG photo, providing verifiable proof of a premium, chemical-safe product.
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Step 7: Final Upload & Verification (Online)
During the next sync, all new verification data is uploaded and permanently linked to the product's record. Anyone with the number from the tag can now verify the product's origin and quality.
Workflow: Mining
A Field-to-Ledger Process for Miners
The same offline-first application empowers artisanal miners with a simple, secure method for establishing provenance and creating a tamper-proof chain of custody for high-value minerals.
Part 1: One-Time Claim Registration
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Step 1: Installation & Map Caching (Online)
A miner or cooperative manager downloads the iVerify app and registers while in an area with internet access. The application caches high-resolution map tiles for their claim area.
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Step 2: Map the Claim (Offline)
On-site, the user walks the perimeter of their mining claim. The phone's GPS creates a precise digital boundary, defining the specific geographic origin of all minerals extracted from that area.
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Step 3: Identity Verification (Offline)
The user creates a profile by taking a selfie and capturing photos of their identity and any official claim or license paperwork. This establishes a verifiable link between the individual, their identity, and the GPS-defined claim.
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Step 4: First Synchronization (Online)
During the next internet connection, a single "UPLOAD" button press securely transmits the claim boundary and identity data, creating the foundational record for all future production.
Part 2: Ongoing Production Verification
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Step 5: Secure the Product (Offline)
A miner secures a bag of ore or a container of high-value minerals (e.g., gold, gemstones) with a uniquely numbered security tag. Using the app, they take a high-fidelity RAW/DNG photograph that clearly captures the secured container and the unique tag number. The photo is automatically geotagged, creating an unchangeable link between that specific batch of product, a time, and a location within their registered claim. This serves as a powerful tool against theft and substitution.
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Step 6: Continuous Labor Verification (Automated)
For premium ethical certification, the site is monitored by the iVerify Sentinel Tower. The tower's cameras stream video via a commercial satellite service to an off-premises AI for analysis. The AI continuously monitors for the presence of children and verifies adherence to PPE standards, creating a constant stream of compliance data linked to the registered claim.
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Step 7: Final Upload & Verification (Online)
All new production and verification data is uploaded during the next sync and permanently linked to the product's record. Buyers and regulators can use the tag number to instantly verify the product's origin and the ethical conditions under which it was produced.
Verification: The Sentinel Tower
System Architecture: The iVerify Sentinel Tower
To address the verification challenges of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) sector, the platform can utilize a specialized, autonomous surveillance unit: The Sentinel Tower. It is engineered for resilience, low maintenance, and operational integrity in remote environments based on three core principles:
The iVerify Sentinel Tower: Autonomous surveillance for continuous mining verification
1. Physical Hardening
The tower is designed to withstand both extreme weather and deliberate tampering.
- Ballistic-Grade Steel: The core electronics enclosure is constructed from AR500 steel to protect against damage from small arms fire.
- Hardened Optics: Cameras are housed in ballistic-grade polycarbonate domes to withstand significant impact.
- Robust Construction: The mast is built from heavy-gauge galvanized steel and secured to a concrete footing to survive high winds.
2. Multi-Layered Redundancy
The system is designed to reduce single points of failure and maximize operational uptime.
- Camera Redundancy: An array of at least three cameras with overlapping fields of view ensures complete coverage even if one camera fails.
- Maintenance Redundancy: An integrated, secure locker at the base contains a full set of "hot-swappable" spares (cameras, processing unit), reducing potential downtime from weeks to hours.
3. Power and Connectivity Autonomy
The Sentinel Tower is designed to operate completely off-grid, independent of local infrastructure.
- Power System: An oversized solar panel array charges a high-capacity lithium battery bank, designed to operate for multiple consecutive days with no sunlight.
- Connectivity: A Starlink satellite terminal provides the primary data uplink, with a 4G/5G cellular modem as a failover backup to ensure data transmission.
4. AI-Assisted Verification
The Sentinel Tower streams visual data from the worksite to a secure, off-premises AI for analysis.
- Child Labor Detection: AI models analyze video feeds to detect the presence of children, using facial biometrics and anatomical proportion recognition.
- Compliance Monitoring: The AI can also monitor for other key indicators, such as the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and entry into restricted zones.
By combining these layers of physical security, redundancy, and intelligent analysis, the Sentinel Tower can provide a continuous, verifiable, and tamper-resistant data stream of worksite conditions, offering a different approach to the point-in-time verification provided by traditional human audits.
The Opportunity
The Market Drivers Behind the $180 Billion Opportunity
The massive revenue gap between certified and uncertified goods is driven by powerful global trends in regulation and consumer demand. iVerify is positioned to help producers cross this gap and capture that value.
The Mining Verification Market
This market is driven by intense public and regulatory scrutiny of child labor and conflict mineral financing. Global brands require verifiable proof that their supply chains are clean, creating the significant price premiums for certified minerals.
The Agricultural Compliance Market
New regulations like the EU's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) have made farm-level traceability a mandatory requirement for market access. As of December 2025, any producer who cannot provide GPS-based proof of origin will be restricted from the EU market, making certification a necessity, not a choice.
The Premium Pricing Market
Across both sectors, documented premiums exist for verifiably ethical, organic, or compliant products. By providing the on-the-ground proof that is currently missing, iVerify enables producers to qualify for these established higher prices.
The African Ownership Advantage
As an locally-owned and operated platform, iVerify is well-positioned to partner with national governments and producer cooperatives. This model ensures that the value unlocked through certification remains with local producers and contributes to sustainable economic development.
Ownership & Revenue
A Framework for Revenue and Value Sharing
The iVerify business model is built on partnership. The commercial framework is flexible and open for discussion with key partners, whether they are government bodies, private investors, or telecommunications providers.
The core principle is to capture a small fraction of the value the platform creates. This value is realized through:
- Guaranteed Market Access: Meeting regulatory demands like the EUDR.
- Unlocking Premium Prices: Providing the verifiable proof required for ethical and organic premiums.
- Reducing Risk and Theft: Creating an immutable chain of custody for high-value goods.
- Generating Data Insights: Providing national-level data on production and compliance.
Tiered Service Levels for Discussion
To accommodate different needs, a flexible, tiered service model is proposed as a starting point for conversation:
Tier 1: Compliance Foundation
Provides the essential tools for GPS mapping, chain of custody, and regulatory reporting (e.g., EUDR).
Tier 2: Premium Verification
Includes all Tier 1 features plus advanced verification modules, such as on-site pesticide testing for agriculture or the AI-assisted labor monitoring for mining.
Tier 3: Enterprise & National Scale
A customized suite including all verification modules, direct API access for integration into national systems, and advanced data analytics dashboards.
The final pricing structure will be co-developed with partners to ensure it is sustainable, equitable, and maximizes the economic benefit for the producers and nations it serves.
Founder's Role
Management, Governance, and Founder's Role
Locally-Majority Ownership
iVerify will be incorporated and headquartered in developing regions with majority equity ownership held by its local partners. This ensures the platform's governance and economic benefits are centered within the communities it serves.
Founder & Systems Integrator: The North Star Group
The North Star Group, led by founder and technology architect Michael Hoffman, provides the foundational technology platform and strategic integration services for the iVerify project. The team's role is strategic, focused on successful technology transfer and long-term partnership.
Core Technology (Field-Proven)
The foundation of iVerify is a robust, pre-existing mapping and reporting application that has been field-tested. It demonstrates all core capabilities required for traceability, including offline GPS mapping, photo integration, data sync, and multi-format report generation.
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Strategic Role & Equity
- The founder's team will act as the Systems Integrator, ensuring the technology is successfully adapted and deployed.
- They will provide ongoing technology transfer and strategic integration expertise.
- The founder's team will not have an active role in the day-to-day operations of iVerify, which will be fully managed by its local leadership.
- For this foundational contribution, the North Star Group expects to retain between 15% and 25% of the total project equity.
The Ask
Next Steps: A Funded Pilot Program
The core technology for the iVerify platform is built, field-proven, and ready for deployment. The immediate next step is to launch a targeted, funded pilot program with a strategic partner to create a real-world case study and validate the operational model.
Pilot Program Objectives
1. Deploy the Core App
Equip a select group of agricultural and mining producers in a target region with the Android application to establish their claims and begin logging chain-of-custody data.
2. Install a Sentinel Tower
Deploy one fully operational Sentinel Tower at a partner mining site to demonstrate the continuous, AI-assisted labor verification system in a live environment.
3. Create the Case Study
Gather 6-12 months of verifiable data on compliance metrics, producer income premiums, and system reliability to present to global buyers and additional national partners.
We Are Seeking a Strategic Partner
We are looking for a foundational partner who shares our vision for an locally-owned, technology-driven verification system. The ideal partner brings strategic alignment, operational support within a target country, and the necessary funding to launch this pilot program.
Let's schedule a meeting to discuss the pilot budget, timeline, and how we can work together to improve ethical sourcing in developing regions.
Political Considerations
Sunshine is best for everyone
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How iVerify Creates Mutual Transparency
The ultimate buyer is seen by the farmer, and the farmer sees the ultimate buyer. Both sides know the price, and CoCoBod sits in the middle facilitating trust and transparency. Because the revenue has doubled, the pay for everybody has increased.
Nobody wants the government to starve, but nobody wants to starve themselves either.
Ghana's cocoa sector operates in a political environment where informal payments and inefficiencies are common. Roughly 12% of revenues are lost to these "rents," which mid-level officials and local actors rely on to supplement their income. While this practice sustains livelihoods, it weakens national revenues and undermines farmer trust.
At the same time, the government faces pressure from two directions. Farmers demand fairer treatment and visibility into their payments, while international buyers require strict compliance with EU deforestation rules to preserve market access. The leadership understands that billions in export earnings are at risk if the system does not modernize.
Introducing transparency through tools like iVerify disrupts the status quo. Some actors will resist because their informal benefits shrink. But the larger system gains—smuggling decreases, export volumes rise, and price premiums increase—mean the overall pie grows. When revenues nearly double, the state can formalize compensation for officials, preserve political stability, and still leave more money for both leadership and farmers.
In short, the political challenge is real, but the solution is not about punishment. It is about shifting from a fragile, opaque system to a stronger, transparent one where every level—leaders, administrators, and farmers—benefits from higher national income.
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Key Insight: Transparency nearly doubles total revenues. While informal "rents" (~12%) shrink, the larger pie allows leaders to retain discretion, farmers to see fair returns, and government to capture more export value. Sunlight reduces leakage and creates a cleaner, more sustainable system for everyone.