AgriVesta Evidence Vault: Filecoin/IPFS Integration for Verified Agricultural Trade Records

# Open Grant Proposal: AgriVesta Evidence Vault

**Project Name: AgriVesta Evidence Vault**

**Proposal Category:** `Integrations`

**Individual ** Is the proposal on behalf of an individual, or an entity/organization? Please note that the agreement and any payments must be completed by the same entity, either individual or organization. "INDIVIDUAL"

**Proposer:** 'tradewithsg'

**Project Repo(s)** Private repository currently. Public grant deliverables will be open-sourced under MIT/Apache-2.

**(Optional) Filecoin ecosystem affiliations:** `None`

**(Optional) Technical Sponsor:** `None at this time.`

**Do you agree to open source all work you do on behalf of this RFP under the MIT/Apache-2 dual-license?:** Please respond with "Yes".

# Project Summary

AgriVesta is building agricultural trade infrastructure for cooperatives, buyers, auditors, logistics teams, and finance operators. The platform helps coordinate private farmer records, verified crop evidence, buyer-funded escrow, compliance review, delivery confirmation, and payout visibility.

This proposal will add a Filecoin/IPFS-backed evidence vault to AgriVesta. The integration will allow sanitized agricultural trade records, crop evidence, compliance documents, delivery confirmations, and receipts to be stored or referenced through decentralized storage while keeping sensitive farmer identity and payout data private.

The project will create an open-source integration layer that application builders can use to attach Filecoin/IPFS content references to real-world trade workflows, especially in agriculture, supply-chain verification, and compliance-heavy markets.

## Impact

Agricultural trade in emerging markets often depends on scattered paperwork, unverifiable crop claims, screenshots, and manual reconciliation. Buyers, auditors, logistics teams, and finance operators need durable evidence, while cooperatives must protect sensitive farmer information.

Using Filecoin/IPFS for sanitized trade evidence creates a stronger trust layer for real-world agricultural commerce. It can help prove that crop records, compliance files, delivery confirmations, and receipts existed at a specific point in the workflow without exposing private farmer data.

This benefits the Filecoin ecosystem by creating a real-world application use case for decentralized storage in agriculture, compliance, and verified trade infrastructure. Success means AgriVesta can demonstrate practical storage utility beyond generic file uploads: structured evidence for real economic workflows.

## Outcomes

The final deliverable will be an open-source Filecoin/IPFS integration module for AgriVesta Evidence Vault.

The software will allow AgriVesta to:
- upload or reference sanitized trade evidence through IPFS/Filecoin-compatible storage;
- store content identifiers and metadata in the AgriVesta trade workflow;
- connect evidence records to crop batches, compliance review, delivery confirmation, and receipts;
- provide a simple verification view for buyers, auditors, logistics teams, and finance operators;
- document how other application builders can adapt the module for real-world trade evidence workflows.

Success will be measured by working testnet/demo integration, documented storage flow, sample agricultural trade evidence records, number of stored evidence objects, and completion of open-source documentation.

## Data Onboarding

Month #1: 50-100 test evidence objects
Month #3: 500-1,000 evidence objects
Month #6: 2,500+ evidence objects, depending on pilot activity
Month #12: 10,000+ evidence objects, depending on cooperative and buyer adoption

If question is not applicable, please disregard and proceed to "Adoption, Reach, and Growth Strategies"

## Adoption, Reach, and Growth Strategies

The target users are agricultural cooperatives, sellers, buyers, auditors, logistics teams, and finance operators who need reliable trade evidence without exposing sensitive farmer data.

Initial adoption will focus on AgriVesta’s own pilot workflows. The first 10 users will be internal testers, cooperative operators, and role-based trade reviewers. The first 100 users will come from cooperative, buyer, and operational partners as the platform moves from testnet validation toward mainnet readiness.

The open-source integration will also be documented for other builders working on supply-chain, compliance, trade finance, and real-world asset evidence workflows.

## Development Roadmap

### Milestone 1: Architecture and Evidence Storage Design
**Timeline:** June 20, 2026 - July 15, 2026
**Funding:** $3,000
**Team:** 1 technical lead/founder, with optional external review from a Filecoin/IPFS developer if available.

This milestone will define the technical architecture for the AgriVesta Evidence Vault. The work will focus on deciding how sanitized agricultural trade evidence should be uploaded, referenced, indexed, and verified without exposing sensitive farmer identity or payout information.

Expected functionality after completion:
- Technical specification for the Filecoin/IPFS evidence vault.
- Evidence metadata schema for crop batches, compliance documents, delivery confirmations, receipts, and trade records.
- Privacy boundary document defining what can be stored publicly, what should only be referenced, and what must remain private.
- Integration plan for attaching Filecoin/IPFS CIDs to AgriVesta crop batch and trade workflow records.

### Milestone 2: MVP Filecoin/IPFS Integration
**Timeline:** July 16, 2026 - August 15, 2026
**Funding:** $5,000
**Team:** 1 technical lead/founder responsible for implementation, testing, and documentation.

This milestone will build the first working Filecoin/IPFS integration module for AgriVesta Evidence Vault. The goal is to support uploading or referencing sanitized trade evidence and linking content identifiers to crop batches and trade workflow events.

Expected functionality after completion:
- Working upload/reference flow for sanitized evidence files.
- CID capture and storage in the AgriVesta workflow.
- Ability to attach evidence records to crop batches, compliance reviews, delivery confirmations, and receipts.
- Test evidence records demonstrating agricultural trade evidence storage.
- Basic developer documentation for the integration module.

### Milestone 3: Verification View and Open-Source Documentation
**Timeline:** August 16, 2026 - September 15, 2026
**Funding:** $4,000
**Team:** 1 technical lead/founder responsible for UI, documentation, and workflow validation.

This milestone will add a verification layer so buyers, auditors, logistics teams, and finance operators can review evidence references connected to trade workflows. It will also prepare the open-source documentation required for other builders to understand and reuse the integration pattern.

Expected functionality after completion:
- Evidence verification view for role-based AgriVesta users.
- Buyer/auditor/logistics-friendly display of evidence status and content references.
- Documentation explaining how Filecoin/IPFS is used in the evidence vault.
- Open-source repository or public module containing the Filecoin/IPFS integration work under MIT/Apache-2 licensing.
- Setup guide for other application builders working on supply-chain, compliance, or real-world trade evidence workflows.

### Milestone 4: Pilot Testing, Metrics, and Final Report
**Timeline:** September 16, 2026 - October 15, 2026
**Funding:** $3,000
**Team:** 1 technical lead/founder, with pilot feedback from early AgriVesta users or testers.

This milestone will validate the Evidence Vault through a small pilot workflow using sample or sanitized agricultural trade records. The goal is to demonstrate that Filecoin/IPFS can support practical, verifiable evidence workflows for agricultural trade infrastructure.

Expected functionality after completion:
- End-to-end demo workflow showing crop evidence attached to a trade process.
- Sample evidence records with CIDs and verification steps.
- Metrics report covering number of evidence objects, supported evidence types, and verification workflow results.
- Final grant report with screenshots, documentation links, repository links, and lessons learned.
- Recommendations for future Filecoin/IPFS adoption inside AgriVesta.

## Total Budget Requested

| Milestone # | Description | Deliverables | Completion Date | Funding |
|===|===|===|===|===|
| 1 | Architecture and evidence storage design | Technical spec, metadata schema, privacy boundary document, integration plan | July 15, 2026 | $3,000 |
| 2 | MVP Filecoin/IPFS integration | Upload/reference flow, CID storage, crop batch evidence attachment, test records, developer docs | August 15, 2026 | $5,000 |
| 3 | Verification view and open-source documentation | Role-based verification view, public module/repo, setup guide, integration documentation | September 15, 2026 | $4,000 |
| 4 | Pilot testing, metrics, and final report | Demo workflow, sample records, metrics report, screenshots, final grant report | October 15, 2026 | $3,000 |

**Total funding requested:** $15,000

## Maintenance and Upgrade Plans

AgriVesta will maintain the Evidence Vault integration as part of the broader AgriVesta trade infrastructure roadmap. After the grant period, the team plans to improve the module based on pilot feedback, expand supported evidence types, improve verification views, and continue documenting the integration for other builders.

Future upgrades may include stronger metadata indexing, support for additional storage providers, better evidence search and filtering, deeper integration with escrow and compliance workflows, and improved privacy controls for separating public evidence from sensitive farmer records.

The Filecoin/IPFS integration work funded by this grant will be open-sourced under MIT/Apache-2 licensing so that other application builders can adapt the evidence vault pattern for supply-chain, compliance, trade finance, and real-world asset verification workflows.

# Team

- [Osabuohien George Samuel] - Founder and Technical Lead, AgriVesta

## Team Member LinkedIn Profiles

- [[Your LinkedIn profile URL](https://www.linkedin.com/in/osabuohien-samuel-1210971bb/)]

## Team Website

https://agrivesta.xyz

## Relevant Experience

The AgriVesta team has experience building web, fintech, and blockchain solutions, including smart-contract-based workflows, role-based web applications, wallet-connected user flows, and agricultural trade infrastructure. AgriVesta is currently tested on Arbitrum Sepolia and includes workspaces for cooperatives, sellers, buyers, auditors, logistics teams, and finance operators.

This experience makes the team well positioned to build the proposed Filecoin/IPFS evidence vault. The project already has a working agricultural trade workflow where decentralized storage can add clear value: preserving sanitized crop evidence, compliance documents, delivery confirmations, receipts, and trade proof while keeping sensitive farmer identity and payout information private.

## Team code repositories

- [AgriVesta repository URL, if public]
- If private: Private repository currently. Public grant deliverables for the Filecoin/IPFS integration will be open-sourced under MIT/Apache-2.

# Additional Information

I learned about the Filecoin Open Grants Program while researching grant opportunities for AgriVesta’s decentralized evidence storage layer.

Best email for grant discussion:
osabuohiensamuel360@gmail.com

AgriVesta is currently tested on Arbitrum Sepolia and is preparing for a careful path toward Arbitrum One mainnet deployment. Filecoin/IPFS would be used as the decentralized evidence layer for agricultural trade records, while private farmer identity and payout information remain protected in the private cooperative layer.