GROUP 4: Agricultural Coordinator (AgriCoord)

Group member	Main responsibility
Harri Johansson	x
Antti Knutas	x
Aoke Li	x
Jifeng Xing	x

Short Description

The concept of Agricultural Coordination software rose from the news article that some farmers in China had all planted the same sort of crop and the supply went over so much the demand that the farmers were not able to sell most of their crop. The main purpose of the AgriCoord software is to coordinate the planting and market planning over large market areas. The software service records current market prices, accepts queries and also accepts updates on the crop situation. If any crop has an alarming supply-demand rate, it will send alerts to farmers that are currently planning to plant that sort of crop.

Presentation

Requirements

Useable by mobile phone

SMS interface

ASP.net

Useable by Web Service

database used to collect and analyse the data

Required Features

Records and presents crop prices

Accepts input from farmers about planted crops

Calculates variance to crop prices based on planted crops

Alerts farmers from over supply

Barter system for unsellable crops

Optional and Advanced Features

Useable by embebbed devices (ebox from microsoft)

bluetooth interface for the mobile devices