Decentralizing Agricultural Trade for Smallholder Empowerment Using Blockchain (ICP)

Small-scale farmers are essential to food security but face:

• Exploitative middlemen
• Opaque pricing
• Limited market access

AgriChainHub leverages ICP (Internet Computer Protocol) to build a secure, decentralized marketplace that connects farmers directly with buyers, ensuring: ✅ Transparent pricing
✅ Fair trade
✅ Secure, instant payments

By bridging farmers and markets, AgriChainHub doesn’t just disrupt—it democratizes.

• Direct Marketplace: Farmers list produce and negotiate with buyers directly.
• Smart Contracts (Canisters): Automate secure payments upon delivery confirmation.
• Real-Time Pricing: Farmers access accurate market data to negotiate fairly.
• Traceability: Immutable on-chain records for produce journey (farm → buyer).
• Low Transaction Costs: Thanks to ICP’s reverse-gas model.
• Inclusive Access: USSD/SMS fallback for low-connectivity environments.

✅ Increase farmer income by 20–40% by reducing intermediaries
✅ Improve supply chain efficiency and transparency
✅ Enable buyers to source fresher, verified produce
✅ Strengthen food security with a transparent system

• Blockchain: Internet Computer Protocol (ICP)
• Smart Contracts: Motoko / Rust Canisters
• Backend: ICP Canisters for API logic
• Frontend: React / SvelteKit deployed as canisters
• Storage: ICP stable memory / decentralized storage via Internet Computer
• Payments: ICP Cycles / integration with ckBTC or future stable tokens
• Optional: USSD/SMS fallback using external gateways with canister triggers

• Architecture and canister design
• Basic farmer and buyer onboarding system
• Core marketplace MVP (listing, bidding, smart contract settlement)
• Traceability module integration
• Payment settlement with ckBTC or stable token
• Pilot testing with local cooperatives
• Expansion via partnerships

• Connectivity issues in rural areas: Offline data capture and periodic sync + USSD fallback.
• Digital literacy: Training and cooperative-based onboarding.
• Initial liquidity: Bootstrap liquidity through grants and NGO partnerships.
• Regulatory considerations: Align with local agricultural and crypto compliance.

Contributions are welcome!

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/your-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add your feature')
4. Push to your branch (git push origin feature/your-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

• Project Lead: Godson

• Email: [email protected]

• Twitter: @cobbyfarnky

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• Frontend Developer: Austin

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• Frontend Developer: Divine

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