AgriSystem: Digital Value Chain App
Budget: $250 – $750 USD
1. Overview:
This is a computer application (mobile and web) that enables the digital management of the agricultural value chain, from production to marketing, by integrating several types of stakeholders. It aims to facilitate the registration, traceability, processing, storage, financing, insurance, transportation, and sale of agricultural products.
2. User Types and Roles:
a. Farmers
Registration: Self-registration, through a cooperative, or by an administrator.
Role:
Deposit their agricultural produce (corn, rice, beans, soybeans, millet, etc.) in processing units.
Possibility of taking out a loan secured by the value of their warehouse inventory.
b. Agricultural Cooperatives
Registration: Self-registration or by an administrator.
Role:
Register member farmers.
Manage the sales of their agricultural products.
Supervise associated processing or storage units.
c. Aggregators
Registration: Self-registered or by an administrator.
Role:
Provide value-added services to farmers or cooperatives (logistics, processing, consulting, etc.).
Manage partner processing or storage units.
d. Processing Units
Registration: By cooperatives, aggregators, or administrators.
Role:
Register agricultural products supplied by farmers.
Manage the processing process (changes in weight, moisture content, product type, etc.).
Invoice for processing services.
Can also integrate the storage function.
e. Storage Units
Registration: By cooperatives, aggregators, or administrators.
Role:
Register products from processing units.
Manage storage and deliveries to carriers.
Charge for storage services.
Not necessarily processing units.
f. Financial Institutions (Banks, MFIs, etc.)
Registration: By administrators.
Role:
Offer agricultural loans to farmers.
Monitor repayments based on inventory value.
Charge for financial services.
g. Insurance Companies
Registration: By administrators.
Role:
Offer insurance products to farmers (crops, inputs, etc.).
Manage claims and indemnity payments.
Charge for insurance premiums.
h. Transporters
Registration: By administrators.
Role:
Offer services for transporting agricultural products to buyers.
Charge for transportation.
i. Buyers of Agricultural Products
Registration: Self, by a cooperative, or by an administrator.
Role:
Purchase agricultural products available in storage units.
Make online payments (by credit card).
Payment is automatically distributed among the various stakeholders involved in managing the product.
Key application features:
Multilingual web and mobile interface.
Multi-source user registration.
Tracking of agricultural inventories and processing.
Management of inventory-related credits and reimbursements.
Integration of financial and insurance services.
Electronic payment with automatic revenue redistribution.
Transaction history and traceability.
This is a computer application (mobile and web) that enables the digital management of the agricultural value chain, from production to marketing, by integrating several types of stakeholders. It aims to facilitate the registration, traceability, processing, storage, financing, insurance, transportation, and sale of agricultural products.
2. User Types and Roles:
a. Farmers
Registration: Self-registration, through a cooperative, or by an administrator.
Role:
Deposit their agricultural produce (corn, rice, beans, soybeans, millet, etc.) in processing units.
Possibility of taking out a loan secured by the value of their warehouse inventory.
b. Agricultural Cooperatives
Registration: Self-registration or by an administrator.
Role:
Register member farmers.
Manage the sales of their agricultural products.
Supervise associated processing or storage units.
c. Aggregators
Registration: Self-registered or by an administrator.
Role:
Provide value-added services to farmers or cooperatives (logistics, processing, consulting, etc.).
Manage partner processing or storage units.
d. Processing Units
Registration: By cooperatives, aggregators, or administrators.
Role:
Register agricultural products supplied by farmers.
Manage the processing process (changes in weight, moisture content, product type, etc.).
Invoice for processing services.
Can also integrate the storage function.
e. Storage Units
Registration: By cooperatives, aggregators, or administrators.
Role:
Register products from processing units.
Manage storage and deliveries to carriers.
Charge for storage services.
Not necessarily processing units.
f. Financial Institutions (Banks, MFIs, etc.)
Registration: By administrators.
Role:
Offer agricultural loans to farmers.
Monitor repayments based on inventory value.
Charge for financial services.
g. Insurance Companies
Registration: By administrators.
Role:
Offer insurance products to farmers (crops, inputs, etc.).
Manage claims and indemnity payments.
Charge for insurance premiums.
h. Transporters
Registration: By administrators.
Role:
Offer services for transporting agricultural products to buyers.
Charge for transportation.
i. Buyers of Agricultural Products
Registration: Self, by a cooperative, or by an administrator.
Role:
Purchase agricultural products available in storage units.
Make online payments (by credit card).
Payment is automatically distributed among the various stakeholders involved in managing the product.
Key application features:
Multilingual web and mobile interface.
Multi-source user registration.
Tracking of agricultural inventories and processing.
Management of inventory-related credits and reimbursements.
Integration of financial and insurance services.
Electronic payment with automatic revenue redistribution.
Transaction history and traceability.