CL-01STATUS: DEMO LIVE · PILOT NEXTLEAD: VATANAFIELD: AGRITECH2026
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Chomkar

We line up the buyer before harvest — so smallholder farmers sell in volume and keep the full crop price.

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Field research with a Cambodian vegetable farmer in Kampong Cham
Kampong Cham
Farmer interviews · vegetable plots under shade netsChomkar field study · 2026
The problem

The volume gap.

A buyer needs 1–3 tonnes of one graded crop on a fixed day. A single farmer grows 200–300 kg. That gap is structural — and today a middleman fills it, taking an invisible spread.

OBSERVED DEAL · KANG MEASBUYER PAID 2,000៛/KGFARMER GOT 1,200MIDDLEMAN 800 (40%)
How it works

A buyer, locked before harvest.

01

Buyer plans the lot

Quantity, price and delivery date, at least a day ahead, as a planning request rather than a binding order — and picks delivery (~30% fee) or self-pickup (~20%).

02

Cooperator opens a lot

A local cooperative opens a demand-fulfilment lot against that order for their commune.

03

Farmers declare availability

Farmers commit what they can bring — stating availability, not a guaranteed sale.

04

Weigh-in & grade — weight locked

At the hub, each farmer’s crop is weighed and graded. Payment is on accepted weight, never a promise.

05

Fulfil & pay

Cooperator hauls the verified batch (or the buyer collects). Farmer is paid the full crop price on accepted kg — 0% fee; the buyer pays a transparent fee on top.

The model

The farmer never pays.

/ FARMER

Keeps 100%

Paid the full crop price on verified weight. Zero platform fee.

/ BUYER

Fee on top

Crop price + a transparent fulfilment fee (~30% delivery / ~20% pickup) — replacing the hidden ~40% middleman spread.

/ CHNAI LAB

Paid on success

A share of the fee, only after a delivery completes. No inventory, no lending, no guarantees.

Where it stands

Honest about the stage.

STAGE: PRE-PILOTREAL ORDERS: 0DEMO: END-TO-END

Traction: Runner-up (Top 2), Turing Hackathon Cycle 10 — Market Access for Farmers. One field interview (30 farmers, Kampong Cham): 96.7% can’t reach buyers directly.

Next: one commune, one cooperator, one real buyer, one completed paid route — repeated weekly. That’s the first real data.

We say documented, traceable, farmer-declared — never certified, guaranteed, or validated. Our AI only helps farmers understand lessons; people make every commercial decision.

From the field
With a farmer on the plot
Vegetable plots
Harvest day
Talking with farmers
Who built it
LEADVATANA
Vatana

Vatana

Software Engineering

Built the 3-portal app and the order loop end to end.

AI · MEDIUMHONGLENG
Hongleng

Hongleng

Computer Science

Built “Kasekor” — the Khmer lesson helper (Claude Haiku + voice), firewalled from commerce.

TRUST · SMALLPAGNA
Pagna

Pagna

Cybersecurity

Trust lane for Chomkar: weight-lock & payout-ledger integrity and the claim-guard rules.

GROWTH · MEDGEKSIM
Geksim

Geksim

Business

Buyer & cooperator outreach, grant applications, and the hackathon pitch.

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