Orbit to table

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  "Copernicus to Ground Control: Field 27659/a-12 needs harvesting."

Inspiration

Combining already built assets into a high tech network that works for a common good in times of reduced intracontinental mobility but mostly not wanting people to be hungry.

What it does

Alleviates the problem of missing seeding and harvest time due to missing seasonal workers, thus helping uninterrupted food supply across the continent, preventing unnecessary starvation on one hand and destruction of produce due to no access to existing customers on the other hand.

STEP 1: -Copernicus satellites have an already pre-compiled database of fields in the EU -These fields' status should be ran through an algorythm determining their optimal planting and harvest cycle (already done)

Example of one such application using Copernicus data (i am not affiliated with this company, just using an off the shelf example): https://map.onesoil.ai/2018#5.12/49.45/14.75 (zoom in for a better picture of the numbers involved)

-Through raw data a projection of the probability if a particular field can be seeded/harvested or not should be made, taking into account severity of the local outbreak, countermeasures taken, prior availability of labor in the area -When this data is processed it determines the crop type, start/end of season. when seeding/harvest time approaches it alerts the managing authority that action must be taken if it fills the criteria above. Action would be a.) Seeding before season or b.) Harvesting at the end of season preventing the produce going bad. -This call to action is uploaded to a purposely created "job website" app, where it's paired up with any available labor that can do the job.

STEP 2: -The "job website" app is an EU database of volunteers, soldiers, civil protection service members willing and able (health, prior job commitments status) to seed and harvest crops. Such a website shouldn't really be that hard to create, could even work off some of the ideas proposed in this hackathon,but expanded to skip some steps that should be automated for best efficiency

Example of one such application pairing professionals to people and locations where they are required: https://eleutherios.org.nz/ and https://github.com/aletheon/eleutherios-alpha
(i am not affiliated with this person/company, just using an off the shelf example-i'd propose automated pairing, not user registering on "forums" and looking for each other manually)

-After a call to action is issued, the system would automatically look for available personnel first in the immediate vicinity of the area, if it finds no matches it expands the search area but not so much that it hampers labor requests from other action calls. It should also be able to place personnel at the right point in time in regards to seeding/harvest. ie. it should not send personnel away to 100km away if on the next day a harvest in their vicinity will be required. The system should also be able to recognise clusters of volunteers, prioritising them in teams first and clusters of available work, prioritizing them for a higher value of uninterrupted supply. ie it should not be sending teams to solitary, far away fields first. For larger clusters that require more time, possibility of worker accommodation should also be taken into account, using pre-existing databases of hotel/motel/hostel rooms in the area and using unoccupied ones as a base of operation.

-When such a team is assembled, it should assemble by their own means at a pre-determined assembly spot and then be transported in a single group through GPS mandated green corridors between EU member states pre-designated for transport of critical goods, subject to spot checks of temperature/antibodies at departure/arrival.

-When the seeding is done the volunteers return to their originating spot or take another job the system will be offering. When the harvest is done, volunteers help distribute the produce to regional collection centers for further processing (ex.wheat to flour) or retail store warehouses (ex. fresh fruit)

-Ideally, it should not be strict voluntarism, the idea is aimed at people who are at home now, uncertain about the future of their job (recovery will be slow), it should be paid an average of EU member states' minimal wage. Existing fleet of EU trucker industry should be fully utilised for transport as well. To this end, second step of production jobs in need of transport should also be listed on the app (ex. flour transport to the bakery)

-The app should be open for all, from the single volunteer just wanting to help with his hands to large retail multinationals that are able to utilise their own fleets of trucks to fill the stores to accommodation vendors unable to fill their rooms in this crisis and want to offer the rooms to volunteers

-Oversight over prices from the managing authority is mandatory to prevent price gouging. App should have the option of user feedback.

How I built it

Combined Copernicus, Galileo abilities with as of yet non existent application, but one that shouldn't be that difficult to do.

Challenges I ran into

Not being a coder, i could for example be coding the basics of the app and present some working prototype

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I'll be happy if any of this is accepted in some form or another in any solution you make. Am aware the idea might fail on the business end of the scoring as this is really a proposal to governments and should be funded as such.

What I learned

That i should learn to code

What's next for Orbit to table

Full food pantries across EU households!