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RE: MECHANIZED AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY: A RoadMap For Food Security And Sustainablility In The Society
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But even if farmers are able to access the app, what about illiteracy barrier, how many farmers in Isolated villages can read and write?
Let say some farmers are able to operate the app and able to showcase their farm produce and connect with people, what about the cost of logistics? These farmers still needs to find ways to send their harvest to their buyers or will the buyers go to the villages to pick it up themselves? Does that mean that someone who wants to purchase just one yam from a farmer on the app, have to travel miles to pick it up?
At the long run the cost of deliveries will still end up frustrating the farmers and buyers.
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Actually, you make sense with your objectives.
Cost of logistics is even covered in the first place, because these farmers always take those products to a market square where they sell it off to either middle men or retailers. The app will bridge that gap giving them access to direct buyers whether retailers or suppliers. That way the mark up done by these middle men is cut off while the direct buyers enjoy those products.
Secondly, the issue of buyers picking one will not actually come to play because the app will address the issue of those that want to pick one. There will be pick up places for those to walk in, pick and pay for their products.
On the other hand, the bulky buyers too will have some benefits for buying in bulk.
Just like Jumia and other online platforms has managed business, I don't think this one will be an exception.
The most important things is to start, once the app starts running, adjustments will be made on daily bases just like every other banking or ordering app.
I think we can, I also see possibilities in such actions.
Hummm, I hope somebody is not test running a business strategy with this prompt @sciFiMultiverse
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Hmmm...
In trying to eradicate middleman, you will end up becoming one because that is what jumia and the likes of it are.
It seems logistics will be covered by you, which means you will have to charge the farmers for it in one way or the other in order to generate logistics funds for the app.
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