Date of Award
Spring 2012
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Major
Computer Science
First Advisor
Ralph Morelli
Abstract
The Commodity Tracker is an Android Application developed on Trinity’s Portable Open Search and Identification Tool (POSIT). It is designed for users to collect pricing information primarily on food prices in field conditions in Haiti. The ACDI/VOCA organization sends field agents into the rural areas of Haiti regularly to collect data on the prices of local food items. This data is used to determine the distribution of food items through the USAID organization, using price to measure scarcity. Infrastructural issues make this a time consuming process, especially with regards to sending data from the field to the central servers in Jacmel. This Android application can collect and send this data via SMS (or text messaging), reducing the amount of time and cost required to retrieve information from the field, thus enabling ACDI/VOCA to efficiently allocate its resources to where they are most needed.
Recommended Citation
Nobile, Christopher D., "Commodity Tracker: A Mobile Tool to Collect Regional Food Prices across Haiti". Senior Theses, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 2012.
Trinity College Digital Repository, https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses/172
Comments
Senior thesis completed at Trinity College for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.