Welcome to Coldtivate: Smart Cold Chain Management

Coldtivate is a mobile application designed to empower farmers and cooling operators with efficient storage solutions. The application facilitates the tracking of produce stored in cooling units and refrigerated trucks, and provides real-time monitoring of remaining storage life. The Coldtivate app has been developed as part of the Your Virtual Cold Chain Assistant project (Your VCCA) by the BASE Foundation and Empa, with the support of partner software companies.

Key Benefits

• Optimize Storage: Increase produce shelf life with real-time monitoring and predictive analytics.
• Enhance Market Access: Use market insights and price forecasts to make informed sales decisions.
• Empower Knowledge: Access educational resources and best practices for effective postharvest handling.
• Improve Efficiency: Streamline operations with smart notifications and decentralized cooling solutions.

Key Features

Storage Management

• Digitally track cold room inventory.
• Monitor storage conditions in real-time using sensor data.
• Simulate crop aging and predict Time to Pick Up (TTPU) with digital food twins.
• Integrate hygrothermal sensors for precise cold room monitoring.
• Share cold room occupancy, temperature, and revenue for transparent monitoring.

Market Insights

• Visualize crops in storage and purchase directly from cooling users.
• Access price forecasts for key crops in India and Nigeria.
• Utilize tools to make informed sales decisions.

User Experience

• Supports multiple languages, including English, French, Hindi, Arabic, and Hausa.
• Receive timely alerts via in-app notifications or SMS.
• Locate nearby cold storage facilities with an interactive map.
• Enjoy streamlined registration for farmers and operators.
• Choose from flexible registration options: direct signup or operator-assisted.

Knowledge Resources

• Access a comprehensive repository of best practices and cold storage guidelines.
• Engage with educational comics about cooling benefits and business models.
• Explore a detailed knowledge base on postharvest handling techniques.

Decentralized Cooling

• Access cost-effective cooling solutions through Cooling-as-a-Service.

Who is This Documentation For?

This documentation is intended for:

• Developers contributing to the Coldtivate project.
• Cooling providers and operators operators looking to self-host or customize the application.
• Anyone interested in understanding Coldtivate's architecture and functionality.

Getting Started

1. Explore Core Concepts:
   • Repositories Overview
   • System Architecture Overview
   • Container architecture
   • Database Entities
   • Functional Features
   • Technical Features
   • Scheduled Tasks
2. Self-Hosting Coldtivate:
   • Quick Start (Frontend) and (Backend)
   • CI/CD Pipelines
   • Cloud Infrastructure
   • QA Automation
   • Configuration
   • Licenses
3. Contribute to Development:
   • Contribution Guidelines
   • Local Development Setup (Frontend) and Backend
   • Git Flow
   • Testing
   • Security Disclosure Policies

Documentation Structure

• Self-Hosting: Guides for deploying Coldtivate on your infrastructure.
• Core Concepts: Explanations of the system's core components and design.
• Contributing: Information for developers interested in project contributions.

Repositories

• Mobile App: coldtivate/mobile-app-react-native
• Knowledge Hub: coldtivate/knowledge-hub-pwa
• Documentation: coldtivate/docs.coldtivate.org
• Backend Monorepo: coldtivate/backend-monorepo