Blooom

Blooom is a fully integrated human-centric tech platform that supports sustainable food supply chains from soil to shelf. Blooom looks simply like an intuitive smartphone app. Blooom gives smallholders access to cutting-edge information, finance and markets, and streamlines the work of cooperatives, companies, suppliers and other stakeholders that interact with them.

Blooom is a tech platform for sustainable farming unlike any other.

Human-centric:

Blooom is co-designed with smallholders, and addresses every challenge that they face.

Illiterate and digitally inept farmers can take full advantage of it with the help of a trusted member of their community whom we specifically train to serve as mentors and contact points with markets.

Soil-to-Shelf:

Completely integrated.

Pre-harvest modules include:

- risk assessment

- pre-planting advice

- input markets

- precision farming

- best practices.

Post-Harvest includes:

- online selling to local markets

- direct international connections

- advanced impact measurement.

Smart Farming:

Instead of storing information for a select number of crops, Blooom understands what plants need based on their DNA -- which means the platform works with any crop in any climate. To support farmers with information on the best choices and the best ways to grow, the platform combines DNA information with;

- data from our soil analysis

- weather patterns

- food market forecasts

- availability of seeds and sustainable inputs in the area

- traditional practices in the area

- cutting-edge agronomical and ecological research

Direct access to local and international markets through the Blooom app, farmers gain access to

- an online marketplace of vetted, high quality seeds and sustainable inputs

- domestic food markets, where they can sell their produce without intermediaries, for full market prices.

Those who reach the required qualifications can also tap into North American and European sustainable food markets through our dedicated smallholder export channels and sales offices.

Precise impact measurement:

The comprehensive assessment that Blooom provides for every farmer, combined with records for all subsequent transactions, enable philanthropies and impact investors to trace their impact real-time, with perfect accuracy, down to the level of the individual farmer.

Permissions for App and reasons:

SMS - This is required to verify Phone number for registration/reset password and to verify while making transaction for any shopping.

Location - This is required to register land detail with current latitude and longitude.

Camera - We use this to take picture for profile section.

Storage - We use this to read gallery images.

Call - This is used to make a call directly from app to any farmer.