Agricultural market information for farmers
The project will develop an agricultural market information system to improve local agricultural markets and empower small farmers in rural Bangladesh using low-cost existing SMS infrastructure to create a viable local organization for information collection and dissemination. Focus is on the collection and distribution of market information to beneficiaries rather than on the in-formation system as such, using appropriate technology given the local context.
1.Tested methods to provide local actors in the agricultural system with market information through a system combining sms, mobile phones and local information staff.
2. A tested technical system for providing agricultural market information.
3. Dissemination: The system extends and improves an existing system used by the Ministry of Agriculture knowledge about the system and results from test will be directly communicated to Bangladesh government.
4. Network creation: The system brings together important local actors, the Ministry of Agriculture and local market organizers to serve as a platform for full-scale implementation.
