SUSTAINABLE CHALLENGE CODESKN 2014 Team 3 Presentation

2. Question:
Market Access/Entry & Penetration
AgriHack Talent Caribbean
How can farmers and buyers have easier, real-time
and more effective way to inter-connect share
information sell
and buy agricultural products?
How can logistics /distribution be better streamlined?
How can timely access to accurate
and current market trends be favored .

3. CHALLENGES FARMERS FACE
78%
Report findings
68%
74%
55%
40%
70%
40%
49%
CAPITAL LAND ACCESS APPRENTICESHIP LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS
Also Weather like drought
or soil erosion
Soil quality
High cost for equipment
and fertilizer

4. Solutions for the farmers
Business Model
Key Activites
 A website and an app for farmers, Organic farmers
and buyers was created
 the farmers signing up would input info like the area ,
size of Land and the primary crops that plant
 In the Forum farmers can share with each other what
fertilizer to use, what crops and methods are better to
manage the soil based on the area where they are
planting and seasons affect the soil in that area.
 Information from studies that were done by
international and regional agriculture organizations to
add to the soil management and crop management info
that is given in the forum This way u will both have
verified and tested general info for the farmers and
specific info that pertains to the specific area

5. Website name is :freshstartfarming.wordpress.com

6. Business Model
Key Resources
 A website, human resources to do inventory and cataloguing
 Info from studies done and soil samples and access to weather info
from some meteorological site or entity
Channels
 Internet
 television and radio to advertise
 initial start up of the website

7. Cost structure
 cost of setting up website,
inventory, soil quality, cost of
fertilizer and seeds for crops
Revenue stream
 monthly fee
 a pick up and delivery system
 Farming Equipment will be sold
on the website
 Bar code
Business Model

8. Business Model
Value Proposition
 Affordable and Availability
Key Partners
 Ministry of Agriculture
 LIME
 Digicel
 Republic of China Taiwanese

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