Citiesabc Impakt, a global agriculture-as-a-service platform, has been launched to provide farmers, cooperatives, governments and agribusiness ecosystems with a shared digital infrastructure for identity, intelligence, finance and sustainability. The platform has been created by Dinis Guarda and the Ztudium Group, and is powered by ztudium’s proprietary AI.DNA Technology.
Positioned as a system level digital infrastructure, Citiesabc Impakt is designed to support agriculture ecosystems worldwide through verified digital identity, data ownership and integrated intelligence. It operates as a B2B2C2G platform, connecting farmers directly with cooperatives, financial institutions, governments and global markets.
Platform Architecture and Core Technologies
Built as a system level platform, Citiesabc Impakt integrates artificial intelligence, digital identity, blockchain, IoT and data analytics. The platform has been developed to address persistent challenges in agriculture, including fragmented markets, climate volatility, limited access to finance and the absence of trusted data. It is powered by Ztudium Group’s proprietary AI.DNA, Blocksdna and iDNA technology stack and functions through a B2B2C2G operating model.
Around 2.6 billion people worldwide depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, yet many farmers remain excluded from digital identity, finance, and business, technology decision intelligence. Citiesabc Impakt is a platform to empower the global agriculture ecosystem with digital infrastructure. It gives farmers verified identity, AI-driven intelligence, and access to markets and capital at scale.
Initial Deployment and Geographic Focus
Citiesabc Impakt is being rolled out initially across India, Indonesia and Africa, with a focus on regions where digital ID transformation and digital inclusion are critical economic priorities. The platform has been developed with a modular design that allows it to be replicated across countries, crops and regulatory environments.
The platform also aims to support Natural Farming initiatives in India and globally, with a focus on fostering sustainable and innovative agricultural practices.
Digital Identity, Financial Access and Farm Intelligence
Operating as a B2B2C2G platform, Citiesabc Impakt provides farmers with a verified Digital Farmer ID, referred to as iDNA, alongside a structured data ownership framework. The platform enables access to AI-powered crop advisory services, weather intelligence, pest detection and price forecasting, along with integrated financial services such as digital wallets, micro-loans, insurance, subsidies and payment systems.
Citiesabc Impakt also includes a global marketplace for agricultural inputs, services, education and media, supported by community networks and AI.DNA agro chatbots that deliver real-time, local-language support. Sustainability and carbon tracking are embedded within the platform and linked to incentives and ESG frameworks. Together, these elements establish a scalable Agriculture-as-a-Service operating model.
Sonesh Sira, Partner Board Member at Ztudium Group, stated that sustainability in agriculture begins with recognising farmers as people rather than data points, adding that the platform creates conditions for long-term human and environmental value by providing identity, access and trust while enabling institutions to support food security, climate resilience and inclusive growth.
Data Sovereignty and Institutional Use
Citiesabc Impakt is underpinned by Ztudium’s proprietary technology stack, including AI.DNA for sovereign AI and decision intelligence, Blocksdna for blockchain-based identity, payments and carbon traceability, IoT and sensor integrations such as drones, weather stations and soil and crop monitoring systems, and real-time dashboards and digital twins for governments, cooperatives and institutions.
This architecture allows governments and institutions to deploy agriculture intelligence without relinquishing data sovereignty, while enabling private-sector partners to scale services efficiently.
This is not a pilot or a standalone app. Citiesabc Impakt creates a trusted system that connects farmers, governments, and markets through data, sustainability, and financial inclusion.
Stakeholders Served and Replicability
Citiesabc Impakt has been designed to serve farmers and farming families seeking income stability, education and resilience; cooperatives and associations modernising operations and governance; governments and public agencies implementing climate, subsidy and food-security policies; agritech companies and agri-brands accessing verified markets and ESG-aligned data; and financial institutions and insurers leveraging trusted farmer intelligence at scale.
Goncalo Periera, CTO of Ztudium Group, stated that the platform was conceived as infrastructure rather than an application, enabling deployment across regions with diverse regulatory, climatic and agricultural conditions through its modular and replicable design.
With its launch, Citiesabc Impakt positions itself as a system-level digital infrastructure aimed at addressing long-standing structural gaps across global agriculture. By combining verified digital identity, AI enabled intelligence, integrated financial services and sustainability tracking within a single agriculture-as-a-service framework, the platform establishes a unified operating environment for farmers, institutions and markets. Its initial deployment across India, Indonesia and Africa, along with a modular design that supports replication across geographies and regulatory contexts, underscores an approach focused on scale, data sovereignty and coordinated ecosystem participation rather than isolated digital interventions.