A comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool designed specifically for food companies and farmers in Africa, starting with Ghana and Nigeria. The system uses Rust for high-performance calculations and FastAPI for the web interface.
# African Environmental Sustainability Assessment Platform
> **Enterprise-Grade LCA Platform for African Food Systems**
> Modern full-stack application delivering comprehensive environmental sustainability assessments for food companies, farmers, and processing facilities across Africa.
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## Table of Contents
- 🚀 Tech Stack
- 🏗️ Architecture
- ✨ Features
- 📊 Assessment Types
- 🔧 Quick Start
- 📖 API Documentation
- 🌍 Supported Categories
- 📈 Data Sources
- ⚙️ Configuration
- 🛠️ Development
- 🤝 Contributing
- 📄 License
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## 🚀 Tech Stack
### **Frontend** - Modern React Application
```typescript
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Frontend Stack │
├─────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Next.js 15.5 (App Router) │
│ • React 19.1 (Latest) │
│ • TypeScript 5.0+ │
│ • Tailwind CSS 4 (Styling) │
│ • React Hook Form (Forms) │
│ • Zod (Validation) │
│ • Recharts (Visualization) │
│ • Framer Motion (Animations) │
│ • Headless UI (Components) │
│ • Turbopack (Build Optimization) │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
```
### **Backend** - High-Performance API Services
```rust
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Backend Stack │
├─────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • FastAPI (Python 3.8+) │
│ ├── Production Module │
│ ├── Processing Module │
│ └── Modular Architecture │
│ │
│ • Rust (High-Performance Core) │
│ ├── LCA Calculation Engine │
│ ├── Impact Factor Database │
│ └── Data Processing Pipeline │
│ │
│ • Pydantic (Data Validation) │
│ • Uvicorn (ASGI Server) │
│ • JSON Processing & REST APIs │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
```
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## 🏗️ Architecture
### **Full-Stack Application Architecture**
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