faddalibrahim/ghanaaisummit-akuafo-ai

Akuafo AI - Ghana AI Submission # Akuafo AI — Documentation > **Akuafo AI** is a Ghanaian Agricultural Intelligence & Last-Mile Advisory Platform. It empowers smallholder farmers and extension workers with AI-assisted crop suitability analysis, planting calendars, harvest timing, and offline USSD access — all grounded in real agro-zone soil data across Ghana's 16 administrative regions. --- ## Table of Contents ### 📋 Submission Docs | Document | Description | |---|---| | Problem Statement | The challenge, objectives, and scalability vision | | AI/ML Approach & Work Plan | Models, techniques, data sources, and phased delivery plan | | Ethics & Data Protection | Privacy, consent, security, and Ghana Data Protection Act compliance | ### 🏗 Platform Docs | Document | Description | |---|---| | Overview | Platform introduction, architecture, and goals | | Data Model | Regions, crops, soil profiles, and risk alerts | | API Reference | REST endpoint documentation | ### ✨ Feature Docs | Document | Description | |---|---| | Crop Suitability | How the AI Matcher scores and recommends crops | | Planting Calendar | Optimal planting window computation | | Harvest Planner | Harvest window optimization and rot risk | | USSD Access | Offline menu system via \*902# | --- ## Quick Start The platform runs as a Next.js web application: ```bash # Install dependencies pnpm install # Start development server pnpm dev # Production build pnpm build ``` Visit `localhost` to open the dashboard. --- ## Region Coverage Akuafo AI covers all **16 administrative regions** of Ghana, mapped to 4 underlying agro-ecological zones: | Agro Zone | Regions Covered | Soil Type | Rainfall | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | ------------- | | **Northern** | Northern, North East, Savannah, Upper West, Upper East | Sandy Loam | Unimodal | | **Ashanti** | Ashanti, Ahafo, Bono, Bono Eas …