FOSS in Agribazaar

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Page 1Copyright 2004, AgriBazaar, MIMOS Bhd

Use of FOSS in AgriBazaar

http://www.agribazaar.com.my

September 2004

MIMOS Berhad


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Contents

1. What is AgriBazaar

2. Why FOSS in AgriBazaar

3. Use of FOSS in AgriBazaar

4. Lessons Learnt

5. Summary


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1. What is AgriBazaar


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AgriBazaar

e-Marketplace - virtual meeting place for sellers andbuyers of agriculture products and produce

Portal is dynamic where the content is based on

transactions made by members

Portal provides the Supply Chain Management system

that includes the e-BuySell, e-Stock, e-Logistic, e-

Plan, e-Make, e-Support, and e-Payment modules

Links to other information portals

Service is free of charge


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Strategic Intent

To provide an on-line opportunity for local agri-

producers to have fair market access for their

agriculture produce.

Challenges faced by producers to market their

products:

low farm gate price

subject to price manipulation by intermediaries

avenues for wider market access


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Objectives

To provide a cost effective platform for the

agriculture industry to do trading on-line with the

aim to:

bridge digital divide

increase productivity of the agriculture sector

increase competitiveness of agriculture industry


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Partnership Model

Industry

Players

DOA/MOA

MIMOS

AgriBazaar

Provides

technology solution

Trading info

Project Champion



AgriBazaar: Concept

Universities

IPTA/IPTSFinancial

Institutions

Research

InsttitutesNGOsDepartment

of Agric

Other

Govt.

Agencies

Logistic

ProviderRetailers Wholesalers Collectors Distributors Farmers SMI

Min. of

Domestic

Trade &

Consumers

Affair

Supply Chain

Management

System

Content Providers

Users/Players

e-Stock

e-Logistic

e-BuySell

e-Plan

e-Payment

e-Make

e-Support

Weather Report

News

Market Analysis

Forum

Other Relevant InfoJobs

Individual



Project Status

2600 registered members

Launched By Malaysian Prime Minister on the

25th June, 2004

~ 400 agriculture categories defined and used

~ 250 active new offers (2004); 40 active offers

(2003)



Project BenefitsThe benefits of the project can be seen through the impact

to society, industry, and technology which include:

delivering useful services to rural communities by the use

of ICT in their daily activities

creating a hub for the agriculture communities to meet,

interact, and do trading via on-line globally

increasing income to the farmers and rural communities by

dealing direct with the traders and suppliers online



Project Benefits

creating an alternate marketing avenue and expanding the

market outreach in preparation for the WTO/AFTA thus

increasing the competitiveness of the agriculture industry in

the country locally as well as globally

creating and innovating solution based on ICT technology to

make technology as an enabler to address the common

issue faced by the agriculture communities



2. Why FOSS in AgriBazaar



Why FOSS in AgriBazaar

National development project - cost effective

Based on Open Source standard: support all platform

and browsers (non-proprietary), stable, and secure

Showcasing of national project by use of FOSS as an

alternative development platform for the country

Easy to customize, maintain, and scaleable

Provide enabling environment for capacity building and

creativity for innovations



3. Use of FOSS in AgriBazaar



Application

Server

BrowserDiskless Client

Application server software

Tools

Content Management System (CMS)

AgriBazaar User ProfilerAgriBazaar Transaction DataAgriBazaar Content Repository

Database

User Interface

Systems

Software

Compatible withNetscape/

Mozilla

JBoss

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Linux

Apache

Tomcat

CVS

Use FOSS (Vertika) will

contribute to OS community

Operating SystemWeb Server Java Servlet Container Version Control

FOSS used in AgriBazaarFOSS used in AgriBazaar



4. Lessons Learnt



Lessons Learnt

Easy maintenance, upgrades, and free from virus attack

Ease to do customization and localization for community

use

Good avenue for capacity building in software

development

Eye opener for future involvement in FOSS in creating

reusable componentsQuick jumpstart for development work

Need to be retrain due to less familiarity of FOSS


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5. Summary


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Summary

FOSS allows for rapid deployment at a lower

cost, provide enabling environment for

capacity and capability building in software

development to produce innovations and

propel from being a mere user to a creator.


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Enquiry

For more enquiry:

Norlidza Mohd Yassin

Web Services,

Next generation Computing

[email protected]

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