Dimitra has partnered with MANTRA to bring cocoa and carbon credits to the blockchain
PANews reported on June 3 that blockchain agricultural technology company Dimitra has reached a cooperation with MANTRA, a Layer 1 blockchain platform, aiming to put real-world agricultural assets (such as Brazilian cocoa and Mexican carbon credits) on the chain. Jon Trask, founder and CEO of Dimitra, said at the Bitcoin 2025 conference that the two companies plan to eventually tokenize $1 billion worth of agricultural assets, and two pilot projects have been launched in Brazil and Mexico.
The pilot in Brazil covers 25 farmers (374 in total) in the "cocoa belt" south of Roraima, and can be scaled up in the future as investors interest. Through the partnership, MANTRA (OM token) holders can invest directly in smallholder farmers and support regenerative agriculture projects, and blockchain technology ensures that the flow of funds can be traced. Trask expects annualized returns to be between 10% and 30%, but highlighted the presence of risks such as pests and diseases and drought in agriculture that could impact returns.