PONOS: A mobile-web application to connect a new urban agricultural economy

 

Team Isabel collaborated with award-winning architect, Antonio Scarponi, residents of the Costa Azul community and the United Nations World Food Program - Peru to develop a mobile-web platform that empowers residents of WFP focus countries to build and operate low-cost hydroponics systems.  PONOS provides users illustrated and video tutorials for systems construction, a communication channel to a global network of experts and a local trading system to enable users to create an alternative source of income.