President Adesina of the African Development Bank cited blockchain technology as one of the key tools to transform Africa’s agricultural sector.

One of the people that believe that blockchain can really have a great impact in the agriculture sector is Alakanani Itireleng who founded the first blockchain hub, the Satoshicentre, in Gaborone, Botswana. In 2017, she looked at the possibility of using the blockchain technology in farming by building a blockchain platform that will track the movement of animals using RFID and AI, use sensors in plants for monitoring and also a robust platform that will not only keep records of information on the farm but will be a record keeping that will keep information from the ancestor of the animal, details like vaccinations received by animals, the PH of the school, common pests found on the soil, etc. That is where the new blockchain startup Plaas comes into play.

Introducing Plaas

The idea of the Plaas platform is to be an all-round farmers management system and a robust e-commerce system in which farmers can connect with one another to increase their earnings but also broaden their knowledge of the type of farming they are involved in.

According to Plaas co-founders, Koketso Pelo – also a developer based at Satoshicentre – the platform has a marketplace that helps buyers to easily search for products they are looking for. The smart contract within the platform will enable easy transaction and undisputable agreements of sale between farmers and their clients.

Plaas had a plan to see this platform being able to assist farmers to raise funds around the globe using blockchain technology that will be inbuilt within the Plaas platform. One of the company’s longtime mentors, Patrick Dugan, had one day spoken to Plaas about the idea of farm shares (how farmers can raise the capital needed to for them to solve problems they face in the farm) and as a result one of the PLAAS 2020 plans is to explore the idea of using the Plaas token by helping farms to sell shares over the blockchain for PLAAS (PLS) or other cryptocurrencies.

Plaas has built a strong team that will enable the company to build the technologies that will be used to build this system. The team includes reputable developers and engineers from South Africa, developers in Botswana’s Satoshicentre and the startup is in talks with one company from India to also assist in building strong technologies that will run with this technology.

To make sure that farmers will receive the knowledge on how this technology will work, Plaas has set up a team of ambassadors who will be the key to bringing the technology to the people around the world.

The PLAAS Token Sale

To learn more about Plaas and the upcoming crowd sale visit the startups’ website at www.plaas.io and you will have the opportunity to download the white paper and send your advice and comments that can help Plaas improve its technology.

This article was contributed by the Satoshicentre in Gaborone, Botswana.

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