Track produce spoilage across local cold-chain gaps
Help farmers and consolidators identify where vegetables and fruits lose value before reaching market.
Problem
What needs solving
Produce spoilage is often treated as unavoidable, but the actual loss points across transport, storage, sorting, and market handoff are poorly documented.
Why it matters
The Philippine context
Reducing spoilage can improve farmer income, stabilize prices, and make local food systems more efficient.
Challenge brief
Your task
- *Design a tracking method for spoilage events from harvest to market.
- *Make the workflow realistic for cooperatives, truckers, and market operators.
- *Show how the data would help decide where to invest in cold storage, packaging, or route changes.
Output
What to submit
- *Loss-point map and stakeholder workflow.
- *Prototype dashboard, form, sensor concept, or reporting system.
- *Rollout plan for a three-month pilot.
Eligibility
Who can join
- *Open to students interested in agriculture, supply chain, hardware, data, or field research.
- *Teams are encouraged to include someone familiar with provincial food systems.
- *Submissions may be software, research, operations, or hybrid proposals.
Timeline
Important dates
Brief opens
June 10, 2026
Submission deadline
July 19, 2026
Mentor review
July 29, 2026
Judging
How strong submissions stand out
Understanding of agricultural logistics.
Quality of field assumptions.
Potential to reduce waste and protect income.
Pilot feasibility.
Build for the brief, not for a resume screen.
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