4 / 2018-07-17 22:48:15

RiTX; Integrating Agro-Knowledge, Internet of Things (IoT) and E-Commerce for Farmers in Indonesia by Providing Real Value on How to Improve Livelihoods

Farmers, Agro-knowldege, Internet of Things, Information Systems, E-Commerce

Although there has been many agro-knowledge and information systems for famers, but a little information in integrating among agro-knowledge, internet of things (IoT) and E-Commerce for farmers in Indonesia. RiTX or Agricultural Technology is one of application for farmers with integrating among agro-knowledge, IoT and E-Commerce, multisided platform. RiTX provides real-time, localized weather data, field-level agronomic intelligence and E-Commerce, which support farmers to decide their decisions in planting schedule, so failure on crop planting can be eliminated. The farmers and consumers can be connected by this application and the most important of this application is the farmers can choose their crops recommendation based on predicted price and weather in the next 3-month. In E-Commerce section, the farmers can apply credit to the RiTX application for their production fee, and they can sell their product to the RiTX apps. RiTX apps will display the product and the consumer can choose agricultural product and buy them via RiTX apps. This apps will effectively make every farm able to access a world of agricultural knowledge and supplied by the other participants and connect them to each other, real time, in a rich way. This can ultimately improve the whole value chain.

Finally, it can help farmers in the future, not only in Indonesia or south-east Asia but also in the world, so prosperity for farmers can be granted.