Resilient supplier matching when flooding disrupts cacao supply

Phase 1 — Reverse Pitch

What problem are you experiencing?

When a supplier's area floods, we lose our main bean source with no visibility of alternatives.

How does it affect your organization?

Two weeks of idle production and missed export deadlines per disruption.

How are you currently dealing with it?

Phone calls to three traders we know; slow and unreliable.

What have you already tried?

Community group chats.

What would a successful solution look like?

A system that flags at-risk suppliers and suggests alternative sources, inventory and transport options.

What data could you make available to innovators?

Supplier geolocations, past purchase orders, and weather feeds we can share.

Budget indication (optional)

PHP 250,000.