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Global Leader in Technology for Remote Transactions
Full Visibility of your
Agribusiness Value Chain
Farmer Centric Approach
STI Solutions, Inc. - Entire presentation is CONFIDENTIAL and PROPRIETARY. Please do not distribute.Slide 1
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Farmer Centric Approach
Farmer
Enrollment
Inputs & Cash
Distribution
Advisory Services /
Crop Monitoring
Procurement
Certification ICS
Traceability
• Provides full visibility all the way to the last mile of Agriculture Value Chain where smallholder farmer plays an important role
• Enable Farmer Groups, Agribusinesses, Government and Non-Government agencies working with smallholder farmers do better informed decisions and improve overall operational efficiency
Smallholder farmer in Ghana
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Farmer & Farm enrollment
Farmer & Farm Enrollment is the first and mandatory step towards a Farmer Centric Approach:
• Farmer and Farm data are collected and a profile is created in a Centralized Database
• Profile data can be basic information of farmer to complete profile fully compliant with most of the Certification Standards such as Fairtrade, Organic, UTZ and Rainforest Alliance
• Geo-referenced Farm data including plot area and perimeter is also captured during the enrollment process with the mobile application
Field Staff conducting a survey Field Staff enrolling a farmer GPS Mapped Farm with area calculation
Farmer: Juan Diaz | Lat: 10.240591 Lon: -84.505226
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Agri Inputs & Cash distribution
Agri Inputs & Cash Distribution automates field level data capture of valuable information to support Input Distribution and Inventory Management:
• Electronically document product movements
• Track seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and other inputs
• Monitor stocks, improve processes, and prevent leakages
• Accurately calculate the cost of production
• Control the amount of delivered inputs Vs. the farm and crop area
Different agri inputs are supported Distribute inputs based on the farm area Track and control the production costs
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Advisory Services / Crop Monitoring
• During fields visits technical staff can record the purpose, notes and geo referenced photos and link all the information with the Farmer and Farm Profiles.
• Field visits are also useful to keep track of new farming practices, status of microloans for farm renewal and experimental plots.
• Two way communication can be established with farmers using SMS messages which can play a vital role in providing advisory and extensions services to farmers.
• With ESE™ platform it is simple to configure reminders for fertilizing or warn about adverse weather conditions and how to prepare.
• Training sessions can also be tracked using ESE™ platform, including attendees and training topics. Each attendee will have a
centralized record with all the training he assisted.
Provides capabilities such as field-visits, trainings and automated messaging to the Farmers
On the field training session
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Procurement & Payment Processing
Procurement is one of the most important transactions in the Farmer Centric Approach. Using ESE™ platform Farmer Organizations and Agribusinesses can do efficient purchase of any agriculture produce in the field or at collection point
• Transactions recorded and transmitted in real-time, digital + printed receipt ensures highly reliable process
• Quality, Quantity, and Price are captured and associated to the Farmer
• “Farmer Accounts” can be settled instantly (delivered Inputs or Cash Vs. Procured produce)
• Payment process can be automated and expedited
• Procured produce is automatically added to
receiving station stock
• For high value commodities full traceability can be established using the lot numbers and batch numbers at the time of the procurement
Procured Cocoa
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Certification Internal Control System enables Farmer Organizations to create and maintain a digital Internal Control System (ICS) to support Internal Audit and certification process:
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Certification Internal Control System
• Ready to use certification templates for Fairtrade, Organic & UTZ
• Farm area calculation and geo-referenced data to comply with the latest UTZ and other standards
• Collect data directly from the field saving time and increasing data integrity
• Geo referenced data and pictures of the farm for source traceability
• Keep track of certification premiums
Different Certification Standards are supported by ESE™ platform
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• Farmer & Farm profiles and farming practices are recorded using Farmer & Farm Enrollment, Advisory Services and Certification ICS transactions
• Estimated volume of produce is also known by the Farmer Organizations in advance, and produce deliveries above normal limits can be easily spotted in real time with ESE™ platform during Procurement transaction (comparing estimated volume Vs. delivered produce)
• At the time of procurement a unique ID is generated which identifies the source (Farmer) of the produce and links it with all the Farmer Centric data, like certifications, farming practices, and other relevant information.
• Upstream traceability is unique for each Farmer
Organization and SourceTrace ESE™ platform has the flexibility to adapt to each scenario.
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Traceability
Traceability is one of the hardest process to achieve along the agriculture value chain. With Farmer Centric Approach traceability is built-in capability in ESE™ platform:
Farmer Centric approach allow to identify and trace back the source of procured commodities
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Benefits of Farmer Centric Approach
It is the first step into smallholder farmer digital revolution
Improves the quality of the services offered by Farmer Organizations to Farmers and enables the creation of new services
Opens new opportunities in the direct relationship with the Farmer
Improves connectivity with the farmers and make the relationship more sticky
Increases loyalty of the new generation of farmers, those who grew with Smart Phones and Tablets, and use technology on a daily basis
Less time to process transactions and data (collect, transcript, transmit and store the data) compared with traditional methods (paper + Excel + backend systems)
Increases efficiency in all the stages of the value chain
Increases the security and controls
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Here is how our unique software platform achieves Farmer Centric Approach:
Technology that provides a secure framework for Mobile and Web Transactions
Designed to serve emerging markets with low bandwidth or no mobile communications
Offers rapid application development and system deployment
ESE™ platform is comprised of:
ESE™ Remote: flexibility to transmit data using Tablets and Smartphones
ESE™ Server: visibility and management of global data and remote devices
ESE™ Adapter: our ‘middleware’ for interconnection with ‘Backend’ applications
ESE™ Remote
Data NetworkWi-Fi, Internet
Internal Communication
Personalized Interface
ESE™ Server ESE™ AdapterExisting Client
Systems
eServices Everywhere (ESE™) platform
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eServices Everywhere (ESE™) platform
Field staff conduct transactions with mobile devices & Managers view real-time reports
Mobile devices such as Android phones and various networks (WiFi, Data Networks, Landlines)
Captures photos and GPS coordinates alongside transactions.Barcode and QR code scanning.
Supports a high tolerance architecture, optimized for low bandwidth environments
Mobile printers for receipt issuance in the fieldSupports other devices such as digital scale.
Operates in online and offline mode
ESE™ integrates with existing systems such as ERP, Inventory, Supply Chain and Core Banking Systems
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ESE™ platform features
Integrates with mobile printers, digital scales and barcode scanners
Integrates with 3rd party software and existing systems
Supports digitalized Internal Control System (ICS) for various certifications like UTZ, Rainforest Alliance, Fair Trade, Organic and other (no more paper or excel sheets for ICS management)
Allow to keep track of customized Sustainability Programs
Highly scalable, supports from hundreds to thousands of farmers
Supports multiple Farmer Organizations for second tier Farmer Organizations or Cooperatives
Supports multi country, multi language, multi currency, different metric units
It is ready for global deployment
Data collection through Mobile, Web or Paper
Mobile data is centralized in a database
Mobile application works online and offline
Farm area calculation using built in mobile GPS
Capture full profile for Farmer Organization, Farmer, Farm and Crop
Built-in automatic mobile application updates
Mobile first: Highly extensible: Global ready:
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ESE™ platform data analytics
Advanced georeferenced maps Real-time Charts and Dashboard Built in reports: farm area, crop volume, projected volumes,
procured volumes. Reports / Analytics data exportable to Excel and PDF
Real time charts Georeferenced information Georeferenced Farms
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ESE™ platform availability
Available on the Cloud as a Service: Customer to signup Setup the Farmer Organization and Farmer Profiles Selects the transactions It is ready to use the application For Farmer Organizations with no IT department
Available for in-house deployments: For organizations with IT infrastructure which want to have the Web and
Database on their local network
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Our Investors:• Gray Ghost Ventures invests in global markets with the objective of serving the financial
needs of companies that create value in a sustainable, ethical, and fair way
• The Soros Economic Development Fund invests in the private sector in Africa, Central and Eastern European, Haiti, Mexico, Palestine, Pakistan and India. Through The fund uses its experience structuring investments along with its experience in social development, to form businesses of social impact
• Serious Change LP is an impact investment fund devoted to investing in private companies that create social change.
Our Customers:
About SourceTrace
www.sourcetrace.com
Know more about SourceTrace at:
India
Purushotham Rudraraju
Vice President, Agrisolutions - India
Hyderabad, India
+ 91 98494 37812
purushotham_23 [skype]
Ravisankar Kanakasabhapathy
Vice President, Business Relationship
Coimbatore, India
+91 8122329879
ravisankarvk [skype]
North America & Africa
Venkat Maroju
CEO
Cambridge, MA, USA
+ 1 978 394 5962
vmaroju [skype]
Latin America
Tadeo Cwierz
Vice President, Latin America
San Jose, Costa Rica
+ 506 8311 0708
tadeocwierz [skype]
Selvin Lloyd
Vice President, Business Development
Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
+ 91 99444 69113
selvinlloyd [skype]
Srikanth Tangirala
Vice President, Bangladesh & Far East Asia
Dhaka, Bangladesh
+88 01730445738
sridocumantabd [skype]
Bangladesh / Far East Asia