Food for Thought

Your challenge is to consider the journey of food to your plate, determine how disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic are affecting the food supply locally and globally, and propose solutions to address these issues.

INTEagro

Summary

INTEagro is an application that connects farmers to universities, companies and consumers, providing improvements in the supply chain.We seek to provide scientific databases directed to meet agricultural demands, through interdisciplinary teams of teachers and students that assist the farmer in the optimization of production processes and specific needs. Thus aligning science, family farming and professional development.The integration of this network with supplier companies enables the collective purchase of inputs and equipment, reducing production costs. And finally, the final consumer would have direct access to production, being able to contact for purchase.

How We Addressed This Challenge

The improvement of the production process on properties based on family agriculture is related to the food challenge for thinking because it seeks to consider the whole journey of food to the plate, thinking specifically of the weaknesses of the small producer aggravated by the context of the pandemic. The solution based on the productive network that connects university, company and consumer fits the challenge because it considers the risks of interruptions in supply chains and logistics that may affect food security, proposing scientifically based assistance solutions that will be useful for the rise of family agriculture.

How We Developed This Project

The INTEagro team is formed by people from different parts of Brazil who have strong links with the academic community in the places where they live. The interest in family agriculture united and mobilized the team that evaluated several possibilities from the first suggestion that applied the use of ozone for food disinfection to the construction of the final proposal. Several meetings were by videoconference and voice, editing of documents, research, sharing experiences and debates on the topics discussed in the webinars. The participation of the mentors was fundamental in the work process.

Project Demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvrbScEJev4&feature=youtu.be

Tags
#Science #agriculturafamiliar #agroecologia #informacaotecnologica #businessinteligence #supplychain
Global Judging
This project was submitted for consideration during the Space Apps Global Judging process.