$DMTR is bringing real blockchain utility to the world’s farms.

In this Cryptonews Spotlight interview, our CEO Jon Trask walks through how Dimitra connects millions of smallholder farmers to AI and blockchain to solve real problems on the ground.

The Korea IT Times had an interview with Jon Trask, CEO and Founder of Dimitra, a leader in applying blockchain, AI, and satellite technology to sustainable agriculture and carbon markets. In this conversation, Trask discusses Dimitra’s collaborations with MANTRA and Fundación Biósfera Alica, focusing on empowering smallholder farmers through transparent and innovative solutions. As South Korea advances in digital agriculture, this interview offers valuable insights into how emerging technologies can foster more inclusive, efficient, and sustainable farming practices worldwide.

출처 : Korea IT Times(https://www.koreaittimes.com)

Food security is under threat. Extreme weather events sparked by climate change are resulting in droughts, flooding, severe high temperatures, dangerously low temperatures, and increasingly destructive storms.

Dimitra and Surveyor Indonesia are deploying AI, blockchain, and satellite-powered platforms to help millions of coffee and cocoa smallholders safeguard access to one valuable export markets as the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) tightens.

By 2035, the real-world asset (RWA) market is expected to reach over $60 trillion, with green RWAs well-positioned to become a significant subsector in this global onchain movement.

Today, tokenized green assets still represent less than 1% of total climate assets and a similarly small percentage of RWAs, which currently are mostly tokenized treasuries.

However, with the total value of green assets set to soar and the rate of tokenization increasing, the green RWA market is an untapped growth opportunity. 

According to @dimitratech, Dimitra and PT Surveyor Indonesia are collaborating to onboard more than 3 million Indonesian 
 coffee and cocoa farmers using AI and blockchain. Source: @dimitratech on X, Aug 13, 2025. According to @dimitratech, the program targets international compliance for global exports as the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) deadline approaches. Source: @dimitratech on X, Aug 13, 2025. According to @dimitratech, this is a large-scale deployment of AI and blockchain across Indonesia’s coffee and cocoa supply chains tied to export compliance. Source: @dimitratech on X, Aug 13, 2025.

Kenya is ramping up efforts to comply with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), a game-changing rule that could shut out non-compliant agricultural exports from the EU market starting December 30, 2024.

Under the regulation, companies exporting commodities like coffee, tea, cocoa, and palm oil to the EU must prove their products are deforestation-free. That means tracing goods back to the exact plot of land they were produced on – a massive challenge in countries with fragmented supply chains and limited digital infrastructure.

FinTech Insights (FTI): Hi Jon, Welcome to the Fintech Top Voice interview series. Please tell us a little bit about your journey in the tech industry and how you arrived at the idea of starting Dimitra.

Thank you, it’s a pleasure to be speaking with you. I’ve spent over two decades developing and deploying enterprise technology, and all the way felt there was a massive disconnect. Cutting-edge technology with the potential to revolutionise farming as we know it was not reaching the smallholder farmers who form the backbone of global agriculture.

The idea for Dimitra came from seeing how emerging technologies like AI and blockchain could radically improve outcomes for farmers, especially those in traditionally overlooked regions. We created Dimitra to empower farmers to enhance their livelihoods by providing access to farming technologies, regardless of their geographic location or economic status.