Crop Selection

During initial system setup, you must select the crop that applies to your business. This is completed by your system administrator with input and direction from SAP personnel.

Typically, you are only able to select one crop. In special cases, customers will be allowed to select a second crop.

Available crops include:

Cashew
Cocoa
Coffee
Cotton
Macadamia
Rice
Sesame
Shea

Once you select your crop, you can optionally add:

Certifications - Certifications ensure specific standards, such as agricultural practice, trade standards, labor standards, and so on.
Product types - Product types can be based on different plant species, the degree of processing, or other characteristics of the selected crop.

Both of these are discussed in more detail later in this topic.

Certifications

Certifications ensure specific standards, such as agricultural practice, trade standards, labor standards, and so on. Farmers comply with certification standards through recurring farm inspections and a membership in certification organizations. The Rural Sourcing Management system supports this processes through the recording and tracking of certifications.

Selecting certifications will have an effect on both the transactions in the Rural Sourcing Management application as well as the initial master data setup.

Certification Examples	Effect on Transactions in the RSM Application	Effect on the Initial Master Data Setup
For the cocoa crop, certifications could include `UTZ cocoa`, `Rainforest Allianz cocoa`, and so on.	You can set a different price for each certification. When capturing a buying transaction for a certain farmer, only those products that he or she is certified for will appear as an option.	Certifications must be defined for each farmer on the Persons sheet of the master data template. All certifications must be captured on the Organizations sheet of the master data template.

Certification Examples

Effect on Transactions in the RSM Application

Effect on the Initial Master Data Setup

For the cocoa crop, certifications could include UTZ cocoa, Rainforest Allianz cocoa, and so on.

You can set a different price for each certification.

When capturing a buying transaction for a certain farmer, only those products that he or she is certified for will appear as an option.

Certifications must be defined for each farmer on the Persons sheet of the master data template.

All certifications must be captured on the Organizations sheet of the master data template.

Product Types

Product types can be based on different plant species, the degree of processing, or other characteristics of the selected crop.

Selecting product types will have an effect on the transaction in the Rural Sourcing Management application.

Product Type Examples	Effect on Transactions in the RSM Application	Effect on the Initial Master Data Setup
For the coffee crop, the product types could include: `Fresh Arabica coffee` `Dried Arabica coffee` `Fresh Robusta coffee` `Dried Robusta coffee`	You can set a different price for each product type. When capturing a buying transaction for a certain farmer, all product types will appear as options.	No effect. Product types do not need to be captured on the Master Data template.

Product Type Examples

Effect on Transactions in the RSM Application

Effect on the Initial Master Data Setup

For the coffee crop, the product types could include:

Fresh Arabica coffee
Dried Arabica coffee
Fresh Robusta coffee
Dried Robusta coffee

You can set a different price for each product type.

When capturing a buying transaction for a certain farmer, all product types will appear as options.

No effect. Product types do not need to be captured on the Master Data template.