Cropster C-sar For Development Programs
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Online Information Management System Linking Smallholder Farmers Into High Value Agricultural Supply Chains
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Online Information Management SystemLinking Smallholder Farmers
IntoHigh Value Agricultural Supply Chains
The situation:Smallholder farmers suffer from decreasing commodity crop prices (e.g. coffee).
One possible solution: DiversificationFarmers enter high quality (specialty) market.
Background
Vision
Help farmers to access high value markets- Link producers and buyers
Balance the supply chain- Provide bi-directional communication channels- Enable feedbacks to each and all supply chain members- Generates benefits to all supply chain partners
Introduce new efficiencies - enable learning
A Centralized System
Cropster provides the “C-sar” platform:• A central, online system, suitable for the whole supply chain• Production management, integrates into processing steps• Traceability and quality management (monitoring)• Communication and networking• Industry standard security (banks)• User tailored interfaces for different users through group/module
concept.
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Module Breakdown
Group
Farm
GIS
Quality
Reporting
Physical Sensorial
Fields Facilities
StaffImages, Video Simple Accounting
GIS
Group Tailored Content
Colors, Logo
Group Description
GIS Browser
Layers
Group Members
LotsHarvest
Warehouse
Sourcing
Processing
Products
Certification
Images
NIRS etc.
Information Sharing
Group 1
Farm A
Lot E
Farm B
Farm C
Lot A
Lot B
Lot C
PUBLIC OTHER C-sar GROUPS
GIS technology (GIS points) is used to put farm or project data into spatial context and link farm/production data to environmental data.
… GPS Point: latitude, longitude, altitude
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Country >>>>>>>>> Farm >>>>>>>> Field
Geographic Information Systems GIS:
Development and Research Projects
• Help to establish the system (implementation and training)• Make data capturing and project monitoring more efficient• Immediate and direct benefits to all participants• Earn long-term benefits trough sustainable setup
• Cropster works with:– CIAT (Colombia, Central America, Africa)– CRS (Central America)– ACDI VOCA (Colombia)– EP (Ecoagriculture Partners, Africa, Asia)– Intelligentsia Coffee (USA)– Colombian National Coffee Federation (Colombia)– Fairea (Food label in Austria)
Cropster GmbHWeb: www.cropster.orgE-mail: [email protected]
Headquarters:Tellenweg 10, 6850 Dornbirn, Austria | FN 304802p | ATU 63994645 | GMT+1
Europe / Afrika: Andreas IdlSebastian-Kneipp-Weg 17, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria | +43.650.635.6333 | GMT+1
Asia: Klaus KirchmayrSebastian-Kneipp-Weg 17, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria | +43.699.1265.5180 | GMT+1
Latin America: Martin WiesingerCra 10 # 3 - 64, B/San Antonio, Cali, Colombia | NIT 900.304.316 | GMT-5
North America: Norbert Niederhauser510 Lake Blvd, Davis, CA, 95616, USA | +1.530.723.2761 | GMT-8
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