In development: early access
Ask one question about a farmer you have never met. Receive a signed answer they agreed to share, instead of starting with a field visit.
An attestation is a short, signed statement of verified facts about one farmer, for one purpose, for a limited time.
The levels behind it are earned from evidence collected on the farm: a verified national ID, a boundary walked on foot, photos taken on the parcel and officer visits. They are decided by fixed rules and reviewed by people. How the levels work.
Send the farmer’s phone number, the purpose (for example a loan assessment), what you want to see and for how long.
They see your name, the purpose, what you asked for and when it ends, and tap Allow or Decline. Farmers who opted in earlier to share with lenders get an SMS receipt instead, with one tap to withdraw.
A signed statement of the verified facts the farmer agreed to share. Never their raw records.
Every read is logged, and the farmer can see who looked and when.
Consent lasts at most 12 months and is never extended in place. If the farmer withdraws, the attestation is withdrawn with it.
Personal details and the farm’s exact boundary are never shared on a standing opt-in.
You receive attestations issued under a farmer’s consent. There is no endpoint that returns raw farmer records.
Asking about a number that is not registered gives exactly the same answer as one that is. The API cannot be used to find out who uses FaWCOS.
Levels come from signed field evidence and fixed rules. Neither you nor the farmer’s programme can raise them.
Each request, decision and read is logged, and the farmer can see the full history.
How sure a check is, how consent is recorded, and how proof is signed.
The API is in development. These are the terms early-access partners will join on.
Test keys and a sandbox of made-up farmers, so your team can build both outcomes, allow and decline, without touching real people.
Live keys after a review by the FaWCOS team: your registered business, a named responsible officer, the purposes you will ask consent for, and a signed data-sharing agreement. Requests outside your approved purposes are refused.
Tell us the decision you want to make about farmers and we will show you what the attestation can answer. Terms are agreed with each partner.