Status of “ongoing” indicates that a project is currently underway, whereas a status of “completed” indicates that the project has ended.
CAHNET Short Messaging System (SMS) Status: Complete
ICTs employed Profit actors Non-profit and/or public actors Business model - Cell phone (SMS) - Cell phone
companies/providers
- CAHNET (Community Animal Health Network) (Platform provider)
- NGOs, veterinarians, community-based animal health workers, associations (Users)
Partially grant-supported; users pay for messages
Services offered End-users Intermediary Y/N How it works
- Provision and exchange of information via SMS, including on markets, drugs, technologies, disease outbreaks, events and others.
10,000 of users in Tanzania including livestock keepers, farmers’ associations, executive institutions (Ministry), extension officers and other groups (NGOs, veterinarians, community-based animal health workers, associations).
Y; farmers’ associations, executive institutions, extension officers, and other groups (NGOs, veterinarians, community-based animal health workers, associations) assisting pastoralists.
CAHNET worked in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Users could ask questions, engage in discussions, and have fast and easy access to information.
It was ideal as an early warning system.
Contact Information URL References, articles Comments
CAHNET Tanzania Dr. Sultan Jaribu Mob:
www.cahnetafrica.net /index.php
CAHNET SMS User Guide
www.cahnetafrica.net/assets/bk_sms_us
Downsides of this project were 1) the server was based in Nairobi and the SMS for
CAHNET Short Messaging System (SMS) Status: Complete +255-784-681144
Email:
sultanj@iwayafrica.com CAHNET Regional Office Studio House, Fourth Floor, Marcus Garvey Road, Off Argwings Kodhek Road, Hurlingham
P.O. Box 49502, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
T: +254 (20) 2731664 • 2732203 • 2732044 F: +254 (20) 2732086
er_guide_english_2010.pdf Tanzanian would cost twice than what an in-country SMS would cost; 2) the menu was in English, it never got to the stage of
transitioning to swahili, although the messages could be deliver in swahili and more educated user groups would act as intermediaries and would pass the information to livestock keepers and farmers.
Connected Farmer Alliance Status: On-going
ICTs employed Profit actors Non-profit and/or public actors Business model
Cellphone Vodafone, mobile
telecommunications company
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), - TechnoServe
Grant-based to start then users would pay for services.
Services offered End-users Intermediary Y/N How it works
Mobile phone applications to securely transfer and receive payments, access other financial services, and facilitate linkages to local and multinational
agribusinesses.
Target of 500,000 mall-scale farmers
N The partnership aims to increase productivity,
incomes and resilience of smallholder farmers in Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Mobile applications that enable rural households to transfer and receive payments securely, access other financial services, and facilitate linkages to local and multinational
agribusinesses will be developed by Vodafone
Connected Farmer Alliance Status: On-going
and TechnoServe. The initiative looks for actively involve farming communities and supply chains.
Contact Information URL References, articles Comments
Drew Johnson Djohnson@tns.org Mike Elliot
melliot@tns.org
USAID Press release: New Farmer Alliance to Improve Incomes and Food Security in Africa. Tuesday, June 12, 2012.
http://www.usaid.gov/news- information/press-releases/new-farmer- alliance-improve-incomes-and-food-security-africa
Accessed January 8, 2013
Initiative launched in 2012.
Digital Early Warning Network (DEWN), part of the Great Lakes Cassava Initiative (GLCI) Status: Complete ICTs employed Profit actors Non-profit and/or public actors How it works
-
Mobile phones (GSMphone and SIM card)
-
GPS-
Digital camera- Lake Zone Agricultural Research and Development Institute (LZARDI) - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).
- Tanzania Root and Tuber Crops Program (TRTCP)
- Maruku Agricultural Research and Development Institute.
- Great Lakes Cassava Initiative (GLCI) implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
- UK-based Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA)
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Farmers were organized in groups; each group was trained in the recognition of the Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) and the Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD).
Groups received a SIM card topped up
monthly. Farmers observed disease presence and spread and met once a month to share findings and report disease evidence and severity to LZARDI via text message. If more than 10% of the farmers of a group reported the diseases in a previously clean area or observe an increase in disease prevalence, researchers visited the area to verify and provide disease control advice. Validation of
Digital Early Warning Network (DEWN), part of the Great Lakes Cassava Initiative (GLCI) Status: Complete
(Donor) farmers’ reports was done after 6 months.
GPS and digital cameras were provided for district partners.
Services offered End-users Intermediary Y/N Business model
Disease control advice 1281 farmers, organized in 60 groups, from 10 districts in Northwestern Tanzania.
N grant-based
Contact Information References, articles Comments
Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
228 W. Lexington St.
Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3413 | 888-277-7575 | info@crs.org
- World Bank, infoDev, ARD. 2011. “e-sourcebook ICT IN AGRICULTURE, Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks, and Institutions.” Report Number 64605.
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www.crsprogramquality.org/storage/pubs/agenv/glci-final-report.pdf-
www.ictinagriculture.org/ictinag/sourcebook/module-5-increasing-crop-livestock-and-fishery-productivity-through-ict-
http://r4dreview.org/2011/04/dewn-a-novel-surveillance-systemInteresting outputs/outcomes: 1) Information received from farmers was used for
researchers to build maps of disease spread;
2) Disease mitigation efforts were concentrated on newly affected areas.
Great Lakes Cassava Initiative (GLCI) Status: Complete
ICTs employed Profit actors Non-profit and/or public actors Business model - Internet (eLearning)
-
Mobile phones (Frontline SMS for projectmonitoring and
- Agilix Learning Services
- International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development of Cornell University
- Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
grant-dependent
Great Lakes Cassava Initiative (GLCI) Status: Complete
evaluation)
Services offered End-users Intermediary Y/N How it works
- Training modules focused on cassava disease control, seed multiplication and dissemination, farmer group strengthening, and GPS.
- SMS to cellphone data base.
- Extension agents - Local implementing NGOs
* unknown/unreported number
N e-learning modules called “GoCourses” were
uploaded to mini-laptops and made available both online and offline. After students went through the courses, they would connect to the internet to upload their results. Course administrators could see grades and provide more resources and additional help when needed. Courses were offered in English and French. Students who passed would receive a certificate to train farmers.
Frontline SMS was used to inform and remind staff about deadlines, prompting non
compliers, and enabling technical issues reporting.
Contact Information References, articles Comments
Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
228 W. Lexington St.
Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3413 | 888-277-7575 | info@crs.org
World Bank, infoDev, ARD. 2011. “e-sourcebook ICT IN AGRICULTURE
Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks,and Institutions.” Report Number 64605.
www.ictinagriculture.org/ictinag/content/4th-annual-crs-ict4d-conference-story-three
- Initiative combined e-learning with the ability to “certificate” trainers who later would train farmers, providing “value added” to students.
Project staff reported
:
- Initial setup is costly and labor intensive.
- Concern regarding trained students leaving for better paying positions after being trained.
- Graphics and videos worked the best.
- Viruses were an issue. Incentives were given to students to keep laptops clean.
- Not as successful in Tanzania as in other countries since courses were only delivered in English and French.
Heka Heka Vijijini ("busy busy in the village" in Kiswahili) program in Radio Maria – supported by African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) from Farm Radio International.
Status: Complete
ICTs employed Profit actors Non-profit and/or public actors Business model - Cellphone (SMS alerts,
phone calls, voice messaging)
- Radio Maria
- African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI)
- Farm Radio International (FRI) - Frontline SMS
- Freedom fone
Grant-based.
Services offered End-users Intermediary Y/N How it works
Information on best poultry practices.
Farmers;
Unknown/unreported total listeners.
N
Weekly, four-month segment to the programon how to improve local chicken management such as housing, diet, and vaccinations.
Unofficially, Sullivan said, they referred to the program as the “Kuku Hotline” (“kuku” means
“chicken” in Kiswahili). The competition lasted 1.5 and asked for testimonies left through voice messages on the use of the knowledge by farmers. A total of 2,499 calls were received, with 1,448 individual callers. They also received 297 SMS messages, either requesting information or submitting greetings.
Many audio responses were later rebroadcast on the program.
Contact Information References, articles Comments
Tanzania Association of Radio Maria Nguah John Bosco
Director
Mikocheni Industrial Area Box 34573
DSM, Tanzania
Phone: +255 (22) 2773837
“The Kuku Hotline, Tanzania” article http://en.flossmanuals.net/freedom-fone/farm-radio-international/ “Press One for Freedom Fone, Press Two for Farm Radio: How Stations Use Integrated Voice Response” article by Melissa Ulbricht on Aug 11, 2010 in
Pilot in 2010.
Heka Heka Vijijini ("busy busy in the village" in Kiswahili) program in Radio Maria – supported by African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) from Farm Radio International.
Status: Complete
Fax: +255 (22) 2773813 Email: info.tan@radiomaria.org
MobileActive.org
http://mobileactive.org/case-studies/freedom-fone-field
Participatory Radio Campaigns and food security: How radio can help farmers make informed decisions (AFRRI, 2011).
http://www.farmradio.org/wp- content/uploads/farmradio-prcreport20111.pdf
First Mile Project Status: On-going (began in 2005)
ICTs employed Profit actors Non-profit and/or public actors Business model - Mobile phone (SMS and
phone call) - E-mail
- Internet (Linking Local Learners website platform)
- Government of Switzerland (Donor) - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (Donor) - Agricultural Marketing Systems
Development Programm (AMSDP) of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania.
- International Support Group (Technical assistance)
Grant-based
Services offered End-users Intermediary Y/N How it works
- Market intelligence information (not only prices but also marketing techniques, quantities needed, when, where
,
and to whom farmers’Farmers, number unknown/unreported
- “Core district groups” previously established by AMSDP that involve district officials for
agriculture or marketing, a representative of the
local partner NGO and representatives of
The district core groups were trained in how to develop market chains and how to use the internet-based Linking Local Learners
platform. They have different strategies to help farmers. One of them are the “market spies”
(shu shu shus) who would provide market
First Mile Project Status: On-going (began in 2005) products can be sold).
- Information on best agricultural practices.
local
farmers, processors and traders.
- Market spies “shu shu shus” who belong to the core district groups.
intelligence information to the farmers through SMS and other mechanisms. The core groups share their experiences (lessons and best agricultural practices) through the Linking Local Learners platform, but also help farmers to use the platform, or access to email (basic internet use training). Core groups share knowledge gained through the Linking Local Learners platform with farmers’ groups and others throughout the district through mobile phones, face-to-face meetings, village billboards and other channels.
Contact Information References, articles Comments
Clive Lightfoot
Leader, First Mile Project
Executive director, International Support Group E-mail:clive.lightfoot@linkinglearners.net Tel: +44 1243601473
Skype: lightfoo2000
www.ifad.org/rural/firstmile/index.htm www.ifad.org/rural/firstmile/FM_2.pdf
The very introduction of this project says
“While communication technology is
important, real success depends on building trust and collaboration along the market chain.”Project participants met and discuss project impact after 10 months the project started. They agreed that after one season there had been considerable impact on their access to markets and on their production and incomes.
Internet is the ICT used but then the
knowledge is spread using cellphones, among other traditional methods (village billboards, face-to-face meetings, etc.). The project leaders believes that “more efficient ways to get e-mail and Internet-based information into mobile phone handsets will be the key for enabling farmers to connect directly with Linking Local Learners”.
Market Information System (MAMIS), www.mviwata.org Status: On-going ICTs employed Profit actors Non-profit and/or public actors Business model
- Cellphone (SMS) - Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima
Tanzania (MVIWATA)
Sustained by MVIWATA. In turn, MVIWATA is supported by the Tanzania government and local and international NGOs.
Services offered End-users Intermediary Y/N How it works
- Receives, stores, processes and disseminates various market information.
Farmers; traffic is 3,000 users/month.
N Users can send a request SMS to 0654 555
884. They can access information about sellers and buyers (quantities to buy or sale, prices offered). The number of markets integrated into MAMIS has increased from 12 markets in 2010 to 25 markets 2011 from Tanzania and Kenya.
Contact Information References, articles Comments
Executive Director MVIWATA P.O. Box 3220 Morogoro Tel: 023 261 41 84 Fax: 023 261 41 84 Email: info@mviwata.org Website: www.mviwata.org
William Mato (matobill@gmail.com) - email communication 12/11/2012.
“Achievements” on website www.mviwata.org/?p_id=65
Rural Communication Access Centres in Tanzania by IICD (Crop Marketing Bureau Ltd. -CROMABU-, Magu - Mwanza)
Status: Ongoing (began in 2007)
ICTs employed Profit actors Non-profit and/or public actors Business model
-
Cellphone (phone call andSMS).
-
Outdoor board at eachCrop Marketing Bureau Ltd
IICD Donor-funded
Rural Communication Access Centres in Tanzania by IICD (Crop Marketing Bureau Ltd. -CROMABU-, Magu - Mwanza)
Status: Ongoing (began in 2007)
center.
Services offered End-users Intermediary Y/N How it works
-
market prices Farmers Y (business center) The business center collect market prices from nine markets in the district via SMS or call from sellers, and then posts them at the centerContact Information References, articles Comments
Thematic report www.iicd.org/files/Rural-Communication-Access-Centres-Tanzania-2007-Liang-Tan.pdf
www.iicd.org/articles/2018ict-missionary2019-in-tanzania-sets-up-successful-rural-services-centre#
Sounds like a good local opportunity, as we talked that people goes to places to charge their cell phones, they can see the prices while the are waiting.