[AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: [Togo-L] AG: E-Agriculture for Togolese Farmers (Highway Africa News Agency)

[Sophia B]

Hi Mawaki-

Yes I read that few days ago on allafrica...very interesting.  Africa is
moving!;-)
s

http://allafrica.com/stories/200709031045.html


On 08/09/2007, Mawaki Chango <ki_chango at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I though the following is probably of interest to some of us.
> There was/is a similar project in Senegal with MANOBI if my
> memory serves me. Have they developed since, and spread to other
> countries?
>
> Mawaki
>
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> E-Agriculture for Togolese Farmers
>
> Highway Africa News Agency (Grahamstown)
>
> NEWS
> 3 September 2007
> By Noel Kokou Tadégnon
> Geneva
>
> A 'Center for Commercial and Agricultural Information' (PICA)
> for the
> collection and the publication of price lists via the internet
> has been
> launched in Togo to enable farmers and traders to interact over
> prices
> and availability of products.of the products by ICT
>
> The center is equipped with computer and Internet facilities
> with a web
> page with a strong integration of data and mobile technology.
>
> The center will allow producers and tradesmen to consult in real
> time
> over price lists that are in conformity with the ECOWAS region.
>
> Farmers will also consult over business opportunities in the
> area -the
> availability of products and stocks - in short farmers and
> traders will
> be able to conclude commercial transactions with partners from
> West
> Africa and other destinations.
>
> The platform is also equipped with a system that makes it
> possible to
> send SMSees to producers, to salesmen and to purchasers.
>
> The center will also equip farmers with packages to receive free
> information on mobile phones on the prices of 400 agricultural
> producers
> of the regional markets in West Africa, that is Benign, Burkina
> Faso,
> Cap Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia,
> Mali,
> Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Togo.
>
> Dété Yachina, the webmaster of the www.tradenet. biz explained
> that in
> fact , people will know at home or their fields how much a
> product costs
> and where to get it if not available in one's country.
>
> "Via this facility, one will seek the market where one can find
> it and
> where one can better sell, by selling their products, one has
> enough
> money and that can contribute to the improvement of our living
> conditions" said Denis Mbadia chair regional Rooms of
> agriculture of
> Togo
>
> "The project has placed at our disposal an electronic facility
> to break
> down information concerning the agricultural produce and to seek
> markets
> abroad, we received formations on the use of the machines and
> the
> setting on line of information" , said Akouété Foly chair
> grouping of the
> market-gardeners farmers of south Togo.
>
> Denis Mbadia said that the project will contribute to the
> promotion of
> the agricultural sector of Togo and will promote research of
> markets
> where to sell products.
>
> "For having produced, it is necessary to sell and monetarized
> its
> production and the market should be sought", explained Mbadia.
>
> This project is supported by the regional network of information
> systems
> of market and agricultural trade in West Africa (MISTOWA)
> www.mistowa. org and its aims are to increase regional
> agricultural trade
> and food security by improving and linking the existing regional
> efforts
> to generate, disseminate, and make commercial use of market
> information.
>
> The center will also help the regional networks of Market
> Information
> Systems (MIS) and trade partners to address other constraints,
> so that
> strong and dynamic commodity chains emerge that will use the
> information
> to enhance production, handling, credit, and trade; and value
> added
> services such as post-harvest, processing, packaging, and
> quality
> control.
>
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