o2-kobe/Inclusive-Circular-Digital-Platforms-for-Agriculture-Ghana

An inclusive circular digital platform designed to reduce agricultural information asymmetry and bypass intermediaries in Ghana, featuring an accessible frontend interface and robust REST API. # 🌾 Inclusive Circular Digital Platforms for Agriculture (Ghana) An accessible, transparent, and direct farmer-to-consumer circular marketplace designed to overcome socio-economic and digital barriers in Ghana's agricultural sector. --- ## 📌 Socio-Economic Context & Problem Statement Agricultural supply chains in Ghana are heavily dominated by informal intermediaries. These middlemen exert significant control over pricing and market access, creating persistent information asymmetry that disadvantages smallholder farmers and inflates prices for consumers. While digital platforms are widely recognized as effective tools for reducing this asymmetry (World Bank, 2017), existing solutions frequently neglect **usability**, leading to high abandonment rates (Osabohien, 2024). This user-experience gap is critical given local realities: ``` ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ GHANA AGRICULTURAL REALITIES │ ├───────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┤ │ 📚 Low Literacy │ 📱 Smartphone Penetration │ │ Over 51% of arable crop holders │ Smartphone penetration among │ │ are non-literate │ rural farmers is below 40% │ │ (Ghana Statistical Service, 2023) │ (Ghana Statistical Service, 2021)│ └───────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┘ ``` **The Solution:** A technically functional platform is insufficient without an inclusive, accessible user interface designed around the actual needs of the farmers. This project addresses this gap by presenting a clean, user-centered interface enabling direct, transparent, and sustainable farmer-to-consumer circular trade. --- ## 🎯 Project Aim To design and develop an accessible, transparent, and user-centric circular agricultural platform supporting direct farmer-to-consumer trade in Ghana, optimizing both usability and clie …