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Farmers need more market informationHillary Clinton, US Secretary of State6 May 2011 at FAO, Rome
Bridget OkumuIFDC
IFDCIFDC
Improving access to market and technical information
on agricultural inputs in Eastern and Southern Africa
IFDC
The AMITSA objectives
Linking agro-dealers to agro input suppliers
Linking agro-dealers to farmers
Reducing transaction costs and time
Improving agro-input availability and use
IFDC
The AMITSA approach
Building networks and partnerships at regional and local levels
Engaging agro-dealers as primary providers and users of MIS
Ensuring free access and sharing of market information using web and mobiles
IFDC
AMITSA partners
From international to regional and local partners• Agro input industry• Trade associations• Farmers groups• Public sector• Research• Projects• Donors
IFDC
The AMITSA network
8 countries 230 agro-dealers 120 towns 50 agro-inputs
Fertilizers Seeds Pesticides
Retail prices Sales trends
BURUNDI
KENYA
MALAWI
MOZAMBIQUE
RWANDA
TANZANIA
UGANDA
ZAMBIA
2011 _________
ZIMBABWE
SWAZILAND
ETHIOPIA
IFDC
Building and promoting the network
Capacity buildingTOT for AMITSA champions (24 in Dec 2010)Agro dealers trainings (230 in 8 countries)AMITSA partners training (22 in May 2011)
PromotionAMITSA launch in Nairobi (FCI summit, May 2011)Participation in 10 workshops, conferencesAMITSA in COMRAP trainings Brochures, videos, interviews, pictures
IFDC
www.amitsa.org Website (2010) Mobile apps (2011) Social media (Sept)
Prices | Online statistics | Directories | Market news | Publications | Events
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Monthly price reports
Local, national and international
Retail prices Sales trends
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Free Online reports On line statistics Newsletter: new !
Pesticide average price (US$) per pack
Fungicide Herbicide InsecticideCopper
Hydroxide (eq 50%)
Mancozeb (80% WP)
2,4-D Amine (720 G/l Sl)
Glyphosate
(360 g/l)
Chlorpyrifos-ethyl (480 G/l)
Dimethoate
(400 G/l)Country 1 kg 1 kg 1 litre 1 litre 1 litre 1 litreBurundi 2.44 6.87 10.37 11.39Kenya 12.10 12.24 7.63 10.83 23.86 12.63Malawi 11.59 11.38 11.86 11.40 15.65 15.96Mozambique 12.47 9.84 8.00 13.57Rwanda 4.16 4.96 18.31 10.61 10.99 8.67Tanzania 7.31 5.95 9.04 14.22 Uganda 3.99 5.82 6.30 6.80 5.76 7.04Zambia 6.50 10.44 11.95 14.81 29.09
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Uganda Fertilizer prices
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Uganda average retail price trend (UGX per kg)
NPK 17 17 17 NPK 25 5 5 + 5S CAN 26 0 0 UREA 46 0 0 DAP 18 46 0
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International price 08/2011
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IFDC
IFDC
Going mobile with esoko Posting and getting
prices Sharing market
information with 10,000+ agro-dealers and more than 100,000 farmers
NEXT: Technical, market and extension messages
_______________ 2-way Customized Any phone
IFDCDelivering information to agro dealers on their mobile phones
7,000 SMS pm reaching 370 AMITSA agro dealers since June 2011
Up to 100,000 SMS pm reaching up to 15,000 agro dealers in 8 ESA countries by end of 2011
IFDC
Achievements
IT development Mobile tools (data collection & sharing) and Website, Facebook and Twitter in Sept 2011, Media
gallery, input catalogue Technical trainings: Agro dealers and partners Data processing & sharing
price database, mobile alerts, SMS push, emails, websites, E-newsletters
Agro input data mining (non-price data) in ESA (KE,UG,TZ) AMITSA promotion and partnership AMITSA expansion Staff development
IFDC
Challenges
Sustaining agro dealersKeeping agro dealers motivated to continue to
voluntarily send monthly input prices Technology
New mobile tools introduced in 2011 need continuous fixing (MOBI,SMS push, network compatibility).
Complexity of input MIS Measuring impacts
IFDC
www.amitsa.org
www.facebook.com/amitsa.org
Twitter: @AMITSAnews
www.esoko.com/amitsa
www.africafertilizer.org
www.facebook.com/africafertilizer.org
Twitter: @AfricFertilizer
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