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BASE - Cold Storage Optimisation Platform using AI

Cold Storage Optimisation using AI

Client
BASE
When
Oct 2021–Dec 2022
Team
3+
Services
App development, AI tools
Technologies
Node.js
Industry
Food security
SDGs
2. Zero hunger, 8. Decent work and economic growth, 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure

The Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy (BASE) is a nonprofit organization that develops innovative, actionable financial strategies and market-driven solutions to unlock investment in climate change solutions.

Base detected that smallholder farmers in developing countries are often unaware of the technical aspects of how to better preserve their produce. They also might have difficulty in understanding the complex market dynamics underlying crop prices. As a result, it is hard for them to leverage information to their advantage which results in loss of income and crop wastage.

Jointly with Empa (the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) BASE wanted to develop an open-access, data science-based mobile application to provide real-time instructions to smallholder farmers in India on how to control storage products to minimize food loss and maximize market value.

The first version of the mobile app is available here.

The challenge

  • Provide real-time instructions to guide smallholder farmers
  • Existence of more than 19,500 languages/dialects and the low literacy levels in India
  • Network coverage in the rural areas

What we did

  • A tool that allows cold room operators to digitally manage operations, monitor the remaining stock and contact farmers
  • Actionable elements (buttons and cards) and we add icons and images wherever possible to facilitate accessibility
  • Adapted to low connectivity
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