Jane Doe
Create a method to reduce post-harvest food loss in rural communities.
I chose a community-owned evaporative cooling cooperative model: groups of 10–20 farmers pool micro-loans to build low-cost clay-pot-in-sand evaporative coolers ('Zeer pots') at a communal collection point. A WhatsApp-based price-alert bot notifies farmers when urban market prices peak, so they sell at optimal times. Revenue from avoided waste funds maintenance.
