ICT for Agricultural development Angelique UWIMANA MIS specialist

ICT for Agricultural development Angelique UWIMANA MIS specialist MINAGRI

AMIS � � Background Agricultural Management Information system Contain information relation to: ◦ Agricultural extension material, ◦ training materials , ◦ Promotion material ◦ Report and survey, ◦ policy and strategy, ◦ Agricultural statistics ◦ Maps ◦ yellow pages and white pages Web application Launched in June, 2009 Esoko. � � � � Market price information system Made of 2 phases, Phase I completed in project preparation of phase II Provide the latest agricultural and related commodity prices at all major markets in Rwanda Web and mobile (SMS and IVR) application Igiciro(space) market name (space) commodity name 7656 e. SOKO phase I launched in

e. SOKO Technology Overview email Smartphone Voxiva Platform SMS IVR � � Multi-channel access. Interactive communication. Data collection. Real-time data analysis & decision support. Web System Dashboards PC Client � Flexible, configurable platform. � Supports many use cases. � Hosted, managed service. � Web services integration with other systems.

Impact AMIS Ø Linkage of the farmers , farmers organisation and cooperative to the market through yellow pages Ø Facilate Agricultural stakeholders in the best practice of modernized agriculture and livestock Ø Develop the beneficiaries by informing them ( information is the root of development) Ø Facilitate the researchers to be informed on what is going on. Ø Reduce duplications of some activities and research in agricultural sector Ø Direct Agricultural business. Esoko Ø Reduce the costs and stabilize the prices of the basic foodstuffs Øsensitize producers to invest in new products that can generate more revenues Øfacilitate the access to the foodstuffs by the population at a fair price Øcontribute to stability of prices at reasonable levels by encouraging greater competition Ø Explain the strategy for scaling up e -soko and sustainability.

Intervention zone esoko : � The whole country ◦ 50 markets ◦ 87 commodities ◦ Neibourhood countries AMIS: � The whole country and abroad

Usability and impact measurement AMIS: � Between 9123 and 2107 visits per week from its launch. � 131 registered cooperatives (Yellow pages )have been invited in different training/meetings for their capacity buildings � 30 registered yellow pages get the market of their products from AMIS yellow pages visitors � Those are the numbers we got from Feedback provided by the benefiting organisation may be there others who did not communicate it. � Feedback are provided through email and mobile phone channel ESOKO: From its launch up to now : q 60, 865 people used sms ØJune to Dec-09 the sms are 7, 431 =12. 2% ØJan –Dec 2010 the sms are 19862=32. 6% ØJan- October 2011 the sms are 33, 572= 55. 2% q 9577 people using web q Provide the feedback through different channels

Clients AMIS: e. Soko: � Farmers organisation � � Extension workers � � Partners (local and international) � Researchers � Students � � � � Ministry of Trade Rwanda public procurement authority(RPPA) The project for increasing crop production/JICA Farm Concern International Fewsnet National Institute of Statistics /GDP and EICV World Food Program use e. Soko to negotiate price with farmers Farmers and farmers organisation like Imbaraga and others.

Business Model AMIS: � Developed by MINAGRI in Partnership with Belgium Gor through BTC � Running by MINAGRI – CICA � Free of charger service use � Uses the government budget (all costs are covered by MINAGRI) e. Soko: � Developed by MINAGRI in partnership with World Bank trough e. Rwanda Project/RDB � Running by MINAGRI � To use it cost you an sms cost � Use the budget of MINAGRI (all costs are covered by MINAGRI)

e. Soko Phase II � � � � � Multilingual ( Kinyarwanda, Swahili and English): ◦ Market Price(Minimum, Model and Maximum) ◦ Crop advisory as per the stage of the crop cycle ◦ Weather or Climate changes user - friendly online interface online market intermediation/ trading platform : ◦ Facilitating market linkage between small holder farmers, cooperatives , traders and the processing industries. Mobile phone based payment gateway (like m-pesa in kenya - in paying the farmers in villages) Informal cross border trade data collection using J 2 ME Application Monitoring/ Surveillance of price trends will be enhanced Enhancement of the analytics capabilities; Reports Enhancements, System User monitoring report And soon.

Working relations AMIS & e. Soko � We are encouraging whoever � The channel is the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources. MINAGRI Or � Agricultural Information and Communication Centre - MINAGRI

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