Farmers face many challenges in day to day life. Whether it be figuring out the right time to water the crops, looking for good deals to buy/sell their resources, hiring labor or simply staying connected with the community. AgroCoupler provides solution to all of these problems by providing a unified on-hand solution. By leveraging data-driven insights, the mobile application provides users with the functionality to loosen up on their worries and just get started with the device. With just one tap they can solve half of their problems and take actions on it.
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Marketplace: The application provides users with a platform to buy and sell used machinery or any type of equipment, also facilitating the exchange of fertilizers, seeds, or other essential agricultural resources. This promotes resource sharing among farmers, benefiting both small-scale and large-scale farmers.
Weather Prediction and Suggestions: The system integrates with the nearest Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) to provide real-time weather data. This feature helps farmers make informed decisions regarding irrigation, crop storage, and any other farming activity impacted by weather.
Community Support: The application provides a platform that enhances access to agricultural knowledge, best practices, and problem-solving discussions. It allows farmers to support one another, share experiences, and find solutions to common challenges in the industry.
Labor Management: The platform connects job seekers with farmers who need labor. Individuals looking for work can create profiles detailing their skills and experience, while farmers can post job opportunities, making it easier to find and hire skilled labor efficiently.
Market Price Information: A real-time market price analysis system that tracks supply and demand trends. The platform also incorporates predictive analytics to help farmers anticipate price fluctuations, enabling them to make strategic decisions about selling their produce at the best possible rates.
The Minimum Viable Product (MVP) will focus on delivering key functionalities in version 1, including:
The application supports third-party integrations and features a plugin architecture that allows future versioning updates and seamless addition of new functionalities. It should also provide well-documented API documentation to ensure easy extension and customisation.
The application maintains 99.9% uptime, with scheduled maintenance during non-peak hours. To maintain functionality when offline, the app comes with local data caching, and functionality like weather alerts and pricing remains accessible during partial system failures.
All data related to users’ personal information, marketplace transactions, and farm-specific details must be encrypted both in transit and at rest. The app holds a strong authentication mechanism with multi-factor authentication for financial transactions. Role-based access controls allow the user to use appropriate functionality.
Extensibilty evaluation can be done on few parameters:
Availability testing includes few evaulation stategies that involves
Security testing includes few evaluation method that involves