We have come up with 4 theories that illustrate the impact of COVID-19 on the food supply chain:
· Downstream Food Supply Chain Will Face an Irreversible Impact
· Rise in Prices of Food Products
· Direct Impact on the Source of Food Production
· Economic Impact
Our solution to connect technology and humans to fight the virus will address all the above impacts.
1. Creating an app to connect Local farmers and Consumers even for the one's with minimal technical knowledge- android/iOS mobile phones..
2. Get the local farmers information into the application.
3. When consumers login to the app, suggestions based on the local farmer's locations are displayed.
4. Encourage Consumers to pick up for neighborhood for a small reward.
5. Or choose DRONE DELIVERY- Yes you heard it right, with certain conditions:
a. Weather being satisfactory
b. Distance of Delivery
c. Minimal Purchase order
d. Maximum weight limit
6. When the customer selects Drone Delivery, Flight Management System connects to the data sources to verify the following:
a. Weather Data- NASA Real time data -https://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/weather_prediction/GEOS-CF/data_access/
b. Aircraft Data- NASA Real Time Mission Monitor (RTMM) Datasets https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/rtmm/rtmm_dataset.html)
7. Once everything is clear and the distance condition is satisfied, it accepts the order and delivers it doorstep.
* Assumptions made –
· There are several companies who manufacture Commercial drones.
· Terms and FAA agreements are signed and approved
This will help connect the gaps by using latest technology.
· We always wanted to find a solution to UN sustainability goals and brainstorm on the ideas. Adding fuel to the fire, this COVID-19 has made the food availability very hard to everyone. Primary question of not risking human life to get food reach everyone leaves us with a solution of TECHNOLOGY. Hence we came up with this solution.
· We took an approach of BREAK THE COMPLEX PROBLEM INTO SMALLER PARTS. First, we came up with an idea of Farmer's Friendz app creation to connect farmers and Consumers. Then we moved on to find solutions to eliminate the Distribution issue. Hence we came up with Drone Delivery.
· We verified if the following real time data are available. Fortunately, below are the datasets which is useful for our solution:
o Weather Data- NASA Real time data -https://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/weather_prediction/GEOS-CF/data_access/
o Aircraft Data- NASA Real Time Mission Monitor (RTMM) Datasets https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/rtmm/rtmm_dataset.html
· We used following Software:
o Microsoft office
o Google Sites
o Scratch Platform for Part 2 solution
Our prototype solution is in the link- Please preview in Mobile mode and it requires google sign in to have the best look and feel!
https://sites.google.com/student.tdsb.on.ca/farmersfriendz/home
·Challenges we faced is to find the right data for supply chain. 1. Our greatest achievements are, we were able to put our mother-daughter skills in use.. Bhavishyaa was able to use her coding and google site creation skills, while Suchitra is able to leverage her data analysis and content making skills.