The Help Foods project fits the "Food for thought" challenge by precisely creating a solution that, based on traceability and understanding of the stages of the food production process, aims to reduce the dependence of intermediaries in this supply chain, which is a problem that is making all food logistics very difficult during the pandemic caused by COVID-19. The project also seeks to create a generic solution so that, despite being a local solution, it can be redistributed around the globe, considering possible adaptations related to the food crops of the countries.
Help Foods seeks to solve an important problem of the connection between producers and the final consumer, which worsened during the pandemic precisely because of the dependence on intermediaries so that the food leaves the production and reaches the consumer's plate, a process which also results in a great food waste. The solution is based on the connection between consumers and producer cooperatives through a digital sales platform. Customers will be able to make purchases of the cooperatives' products through the app, receiving them for delivery and also having access to sustainable tips, such as composting.
The team decided to use the free domain provided by the organization. The WIX tool was also used to develop the project's digital platform. For the development of the pitch animation, the POWTOON platform was used and to create an activity schedule it was decided to use the Trello tool, in addition to also using it to attach the documentation of the partial deliveries, which were well used for the final delivery.
During the development of the project, some difficulties were found to define which ideas that emerged would in fact be valid and relevant to be added to the solution. However, through meetings, the team was able to debate this issue and reach consensus, so that the project could proceed.
https://youtu.be/gDqgLBgFAE8
Data made available by NASA for the challenge:
-Coronavirus puts 14 million people at risk of missing meals in Latin America and the Caribbean - Source: NASA Earth Data Resource Examples for Agriculture - World Food Program
- Data on COVID-19 cases on planet Earth- Source: NASA SEDAC Global COVID-19 Viewer
Open data:
U $ 750 billion dollars are spent per year, worldwide, due to food waste- Source: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
+ 2.6 million cooperatives worldwide.- Source: SICOOB
If the 300 largest cooperatives in the world were a country, they would be the 6th largest economy in the world, with a GDP of US $ 2.53 billion.
Resources
Trello: timeline
Wix: platform development
Oracle Cloud: database
PowToon: development of pitch animation
Discord: communication
Zoom: communication