期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2015
卷号：4
期号：12
页码：12412
DOI：10.15680/IJIRSET.2015.0412142
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：The Food Supply Chain in Africa is characterised by problems that reindeer it undefined. These problems include drought, famine and poor transport infrastructure, which makes food scarce and expensive. Traders travel long distances and spend a lot of time on the quest for food, making the cost of doing business very high. We studied the feasibility of using short message service (SMS) to help mitigate the high cost of doing business by incorporating the use of ICTs in the Food Supply Chain. A mobile application was developed that a cooperative could use to manage the trade processes between the cooperative and traders. This application uses the GPRS/GSM technolo gy to exchange information between the co operative and the traders. The cooperative enrols the traders on their system and processes their orders appropriately. This application will reduce the cost of doing business, as it will cut the costs associated with transportation for both the traders and their commodities, and the exposure to risks that are associated with access to poor transport infrastructure. The application leveragesthe use of mobile phone which is very popular means of communication among farmers and traders all over the world. This mobile application is developed using NetBeans Integrated Development Environment, MySQ L datab ase and java d evelopment kit for windows. This application will go a long way to reducing the cost of doing business among the farmers and traders, who may be remotely located.
关键词：SMS; Food supply Chain; traders; cooperative; GPRS/GSM; farmers; mobile phone
