Farmers Android App

TLM Research Institute e-CHIMSIKA Kauya kamsika kanoshanda mudunhu redu. E-chimsika is an electronic platform that enables the marketing of agricultural products and farmers produce of a diverse range to a wider market. The platform allows for products produced by different suppliers and farmers to be bided for and purchased by potential buyers on the virtual marketspace. The platform attempts to solve the following underlying problems faced by small-scale farmers: i. Inability to market their products to a wider market due to various obstacles ii. Inability to transport their products to a wider market due transportation constraints and costs. iii. Inability to sell their products to a wider market E-chimsika will attempt to solve the challenges faced by farmers through providing, a medium of exchange and offer transportation services were collaborators can register to use the platforms service through a mobile app and sms. 1. Users i.e Agents, Suppliers, Farmers and Buyers will both need to be registered on the platform. a. Credentials required for farmer registration i. National identity number ii. Full Name iii. Telephone Number iv. Eco-cash number v. One wallet number vi. Farm or Plot Name and Address vii. Size of farm viii. Location of Farm ix. Type of farmer 1. Chicken Farmer 2. Horticulture 3. Beef farmer 4. Dairy farmer 5. Goat farmer 6. Sheep farmer 7. b. Payments i. Each farmer subscribed will pay commission for each sale and for the transportation service to be provided by the platform. ii. Payments to be conducted physically then electronically as the participants to the service increases. The Website 1. Home: In the beginning was the word and it became light. Sow a seed and it in its due time it becomes a plant. Each of us either as a Producer or Agent or Farmer or Prospective farmer is either, planning or planting seeds in the hope that each of the seeds sowed in the course of time will become an edible, marketable and sellable vegetable or animal. There are various challenges with which each farmer faces in the production life cycle and E-Chimsika attempts to solve 2 critical ones namely: a. Ability to transport each produce registered for selling by each farmer on the platform from the field to the market. b. Ability to market the produce being sold by each individual farmer through its online platform. c. Ability to access necessary resources including technical, specialist services, 2. About Us: E-Chimsika is an electronic platform that consolidates products produced by different suppliers, individual farmers from different communities within Midlands province and, promotes them for the benefit of the users of the platform. 3. Products a. Seed b. Fertilizer c. Chemicals d. 4. Farm Produce: a. Vegetables: i. Rape ii. Covo iii. Carrot iv. Butternut v. Cauliflower vi. Onion vii. Tomatoes viii. Potatoes b. Grain crops i. Sugar beans ii. Maize c. Animals i. Goats ii. Sheep iii. Cattle iv. Chickens v. Halaal chicken vi. Halaal beef d. Eggs e. Broiler chicks f. Layers eggs g. milk Important resourceful information to be included on platform: 1. Technical assistance for planting different vegetables and rearing cattle 2. Brand ambassador 3. Help line a. Agronomist b. Seed expert c. Vetenarian services d. Agriculture midlands news e. Lost cattle f. Software downloads g. Employment Opportunities i. Agency ii. Part time work iii. Contract work iv. Internship Important keys: h. Video of collection at farmers field i. Register of: i. supplier of seed, ii. Chemicals iii. fertilizers, iv. farmers in midlands province, Location of farmer v. Register of agronomist c. When registering, users should be able to choose between English, Shona and Ndebele d.