GroundYield public website and open documentation — modular high-productivity farm pilot in Vilanculos, Mozambique
# GroundYield
**Open modular high-productivity farm pilot**
Vilanculos, Inhambane Province, Mozambique
Raising real yields on the ground. Transparent data. Community first.
**Integrity over optics** — INTEGRITY.md (anti-fraud from day one).
## Live
| | |
|---|---|
| Website | www.groundyield.org |
| **Doc library** | docs.html (grouped — not the homepage dump) |
| X | @GroundYield |
| Contact | team@groundyield.org |
| This repo |
github.com |
| UX rules | SITE_UX.md |
Canonical host: **www**. Apex redirects to www.
## Deploy (read this)
**Production must equal this repo’s `main` branch.**
Full rules, checklist, and failure modes: **DEPLOY.md**.
- Connect Vercel project `groundyield` → GitHub `groundyield/website` → branch `main`
- **Never** upload a partial file set to production (drops `pt.html` / images)
- Do not mark updates “live” until the DEPLOY.md URL checklist returns HTTP 200
## Who runs this
**Jacques Theron** — founder / operator. Self-funded; no legal entity yet.
Prior Vilanculos-scale farming (failed/left; ~ZAR 10m operator-disclosed loss) — **LESSONS_MZ.md**.
Funding, conflicts, corrections: **WHO.md**.
## Documents
**Start here:** **whitepaper.html** / WHITEPAPER.md · **roadmap.html** / ROADMAP.md · **PLAN.md** · docs.html · NEXT.md
Living docs **change with data** — version + UPDATES log, no silent rewrites.
| File | Purpose |
|------|--------|
| WHITEPAPER.md / whitepaper.html | **Living white paper** — thesis, method, evidence |
| ROADMAP.md / roadmap.html | **Living roadmap** — phases 0–3, milestones |
| **PLAN.md** | **Master open plan** — problem, package, phases, risks, doc map |
| SYSTEM.md | Physical + Starlink + AI roles |
| CHARTER.md | Binding process vs design aims |
| LESSONS_MZ.md | Prior MZ farming failure → why modular/open |
| WHY_OTHERS_FAILED.md | **Why many tried before — failure modes** |
| SECURITY_THEFT.md | **Crime / theft / how we control assets** |
| RISK_AND_GAPS.md | **Full risk assessmen …