Knowledge Management Capacity Development Building capacities to empower
Knowledge Management / Capacity Development Building capacities to empower farmers to manage risks at farm level: lessons from experience K-Sharing & Learning Workshop Wednesday, 12 December 2018 Lusaka, Zambia
Building capacities to empower farmers to manage risks at farm level: lessons from experience | K-Sharing & Learning Workshop | 2018 Knowledge Management / Capacity Development Avi. App the mobile application for chicken farmers Name of presenter: Cheikh Tidiane GUEYE Institution: Soft&Consulting Position held: Founder Contact: +221 76 391 21 48
Building capacities to empower farmers to manage risks at farm level: lessons from experience | K-Sharing & Learning Workshop | 2018 Knowledge Management / Capacity Development Aim of the CD initiative Provide an ICT platform (web & mobile) to poultry farmers in order to support them in their production and financial management and planning
Building capacities to empower farmers to manage risks at farm level: lessons from experience | K-Sharing & Learning Workshop | 2018 Knowledge Management / Capacity Development Aim of the CD initiative It aims at enhancing effective and efficient progress tracking and evaluation of poultry farming activities instead of the traditional weekly excel sheet record keeping.
Building capacities to empower farmers to manage risks at farm level: lessons from experience | K-Sharing & Learning Workshop | 2018 Knowledge Management / Capacity Development Main target groups • Chicken farmers • Broilers farmers • Layers farmers
Building capacities to empower farmers to manage risks at farm level: lessons from experience | K-Sharing & Learning Workshop | 2018 Knowledge Management / Capacity Development Direct and indirect benefits for farmers Production • Direct benefits • Production planning (batch of chicks) • Anticipate and manage production risks by entering and analyzing weekly indicators values (weight, feeding, egg laying and mortality) • Availability of veterinary services (weekly recommendations) • Monitoring and control of production costs • Alerts notification reception (epidemic, etc. . . ) Finance • Direct benefits • Availability of aggregate or detailed financial data by batch of chicks/period • Costs production (permanent, variable and equipment depreciation) • Total income and losses (mortality) • Working capital fund • Sales • Pre-sales profit simulator • Monitoring of equipment depreciation
Building capacities to empower farmers to manage risks at farm level: lessons from experience | K-Sharing & Learning Workshop | 2018 Knowledge Management / Capacity Development Direct and indirect benefits ……………. . • Indirect benefits • • Better management of their activities (chicken farmers) Availability of a centralized database (all chicken farmers) Analysis of centralized data (dashboard, statistics, . . . ) Better management of potential epidemic risks
Building capacities to empower farmers to manage risks at farm level: lessons from experience | K-Sharing & Learning Workshop | 2018 Knowledge Management / Capacity Development Steps of the capacity development process 1. Platform(Web & Mobile) release Play. Store/App. Store 3. Registration/Login 4. Training (Online/In-class) 5. 1 Utilization 5. 2 Users support/Alerts notification 6. 1 Invoicing 6. 2 Payment 7. 1 Data Synchronization (Users) 7. 2 Data Centralization 7. 3 Centralized data analysis 2. Download mobile applications
Building capacities to empower farmers to manage risks at farm level: lessons from experience | K-Sharing & Learning Workshop | 2018 Knowledge Management / Capacity Development Implementation approach Soft&Consulting /ASPRODEB e rtn Pa ip h rs Chicken farmers Cooperative Services rv Se s ice Chicken farmers Members
Building capacities to empower farmers to manage risks at farm level: lessons from experience | K-Sharing & Learning Workshop | 2018 Knowledge Management / Capacity Development Partners involved and their roles Soft&Consulting Asprodeb • Co-owner • In charge of the technical aspect of the platform : • Co-owner • Fund Investor • Provide knowledge in chicken farming (reference values, veterinary services and finance management) • Approach and setup partnerships with chicken farmers' cooperatives • Analysis of centralized data • Analysis, design and development • Testing and deployment • Maintenance and support • Advice on technical aspects and business model orientations
Building capacities to empower farmers to manage risks at farm level: lessons from experience | K-Sharing & Learning Workshop | 2018 Knowledge Management / Capacity Development Impacts/results Socio-economic • Added value creation • Contribution to economic development (payment of taxes) • Boosting employability through chicken farming
Building capacities to empower farmers to manage risks at farm level: lessons from experience | K-Sharing & Learning Workshop | 2018 Knowledge Management / Capacity Development Strengths and weakness of the approach Strengths • Innovative project with high commercial potential • Possibility of evolution of the business model with integration of new actors • New market segments to be conquered Weakness • High cost of the initial investment
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