Castellón start-up Naria supplies blockchain platform for Guatemala food security project

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Naria, the Castellón social-impact start-up founded by Kilian Zaragozá, is the technology provider for DIGIXIM. This blockchain project aims to improve nutrition for 1,000 indigenous families in Chiquimula, San Juan Ermita, Jocotán and Cabañas, in Guatemala's Dry Corridor. Spain's development agency AECID pays for it. Fundación CODESPA handles coordination on the ground, the Universidad Rafael Landívar (IARNA-URL) measures impact, and Naria builds the platform. The platform links local governments, food companies and social organisations, and logs each donation, swap or low-cost sale of edible food in real time.

Naria is careful to say that this is not expansion. Its communications director, Nacho Latre, calls it a cooperation project with "un volumen de subvención alto" rather than a commercial market. The company sees it as a place to learn regulatory and cultural barriers before selling abroad. The code travelled without trouble. Guatemala's administrative and legal setup did not resemble Spain's, so Naria leaned on municipal governments and local entities. An earlier tie-up with Mexico's food bank network, Red BAMX, in March 2023 stayed a small trial.

Spain still accounts for all of Naria's commercial activity. France, with strategic partners, is the next European target. Field missions began in 2025, pilots with families, small producers and industry are planned for 2026, and full roll-out is scheduled for 2027.