SourceTrace Systems - Farmer centric solution

Global Leader in Technology for Remote Transactions

Full Visibility of your

Agribusiness Value Chain

Farmer Centric Approach

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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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:


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


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


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

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Know more about SourceTrace at:

India

Purushotham Rudraraju

Vice President, Agrisolutions - India

Hyderabad, India

+ 91 98494 37812

purushotham_23 [skype]

[email protected]

Ravisankar Kanakasabhapathy

Vice President, Business Relationship

Coimbatore, India

+91 8122329879

ravisankarvk [skype]

[email protected]

North America & Africa

Venkat Maroju

CEO

Cambridge, MA, USA

+ 1 978 394 5962

vmaroju [skype]

[email protected]

Latin America

Tadeo Cwierz

Vice President, Latin America

San Jose, Costa Rica

+ 506 8311 0708

tadeocwierz [skype]

[email protected]

Selvin Lloyd

Vice President, Business Development

Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

+ 91 99444 69113

selvinlloyd [skype]

[email protected]

Srikanth Tangirala

Vice President, Bangladesh & Far East Asia

Dhaka, Bangladesh

+88 01730445738

sridocumantabd [skype]

[email protected]

Bangladesh / Far East Asia