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Ethiopian Livestock Market Information System
Sintayehu AlemayehuICT4RD Conference 1-3,
November 2011 Johannesburg, South Africa
Introduction
• Ethiopia Has
– 52 million cattle– 63 million shoats– 3 million camel
• How ever the livestock is traditionally managed not led by market and the sector is with complicated problems which leads to getting very limited benefits by all the actors
Context
• Lack of a system for collecting, analysis, storage and dissemination of market information
• Livestock Information Network and Knowledge System (LINKS) designed simple, workable, evidence-based systems for data collection and analysis and user friendly information delivery system in East Africa
• • LINKS system incorporate LEWS system and market
information system for improved marketing of livestock and early warning.
• LINKS market information system is adopted as a unified national market information system by federal Ministry of Agriculture
Objective of LINKS Project
• Provide near real-time livestock price and volume information to stakeholders to facilitate marketing decisions and early warning–Pastoralists/livestock producers– traders–government–non-government organizations
Regional Livestock Markets
Data collection currently in
32 Markets in Kenya
42 Markets in Ethiopia
40 Markets in Tanzania
LMIS Architecture
Country LMISData
Ethiopia Main Server (ILRI)
Internet
Computer
( Web / Email )Computer
( Web / Email )
Cell Cell Smartphone
Smartphone
Information DeliveryData Collection
Country Analysis
and Reporting
Country Data
Ethiopia Mirror Server (MoARD)
Methodology for LMIS Data Collection
Train Market Monitors and Supervisors • Ministry identifies monitors and partners
- 2 monitors for each market
• Supervisors provide initial data quality checks
• Monitors trained on data collection formats and classification system (species, breed, age, gender, grades 1 -4)
• Guidance on ways of approaching respondents
Methodology …
Recording prices and volume (cont.)• All the 5 records be animals in the same
species, breed, age class, gender and grade (e.g. cattle, boran, mature, male, grade 2)
• Record the price of each animal on the data sheet
• Calculate and enter average for the 5 entries
• Data transferred to server via SMS
Market Data Collection Protocol
• Type of data collected- Price and Volume • Frequency of data collection - weekly• Classifications of animals for price data:
– Animal Type– Breed– Animal Age Group– Sex– Animal Body condition/Grade
• A coding scheme is used to send data via SMS
Animal kind
Code
Cattle C
Sheep S
Goat G
Camel CA
Donkey D
Mule M
Horse H
Fat 1
Moderate 2
Thin 3
Emaciated 4
Animal Type Animal Grade
Coding for Data Transfer
Grade 1 = Fat Grade 2 = Moderate
Grading Scheme for Cattle
Grade 3 = Thin Grade 4 = Emaciated
Grading Scheme for Cattle
MARKET CODE SCHEME
SENDING DATA
REQUESTING DATA
Request
Send
Coding and Sending/Requesting Data
Field day in local market
Demonstrating use of cell phone to request data
Female (in black) practices using SMS
Training and Dissemination
LMIS Reporting System
QUERY TOOL
Information Dissemination
■ Television Broadcast
■ SMS
■ Radios
■ Market Boards via Community
Information Centers
■ Bulletins
■ Via e-mail to subscribers
Institutionalization
• LINKS has developed a livestock marketing information system acceptable to a wide array of partners at the country and regional levels
• LINKS NLMIS transformationMinistry of Agriculture housed the system
Achievements• Speedy server deployed at Ministry’s
headquarter• LMIS web portal/gateway for Ethiopia is
currently hosted by MOARD• A steady flow of timely, regular and reliable
livestock market information• Ministry personnel are successfully
processing price and sales volume data from the database and disseminating market information
• LMIS used as benchmark to begin AMIS for crops in the country
• Banks, private traders and government using the data
• Quality data available for research and policy analysis
Key messages
• LINKS market information system automates collecting, analysis, storage and dissemination of livestock price and volume market information
• It provides complete price and volume data based on animal type, breed, age class, gender and grade
• It integrates market information with livestock early warning system and expandable system to other commodities
Thank You
