Case studies and lessons learned in the formulation or implementation of ICT for agriculture strategies in the ACP by Mary Rucinigaggo from MINAGRI

1. ICT and Agrl: Strategies
formulation and implementation
Case of Rwanda
BY Mary RUCIBIGANGO
Agricultural Information and Communication center (CICA) Coordinator
MINAGRI - Rwanda.
April,2013

2. Basic facts of Rwanda
 Introduction
National ICT Strategies
ICT & Agriculture
Current Trends
Conclusion

3.  Land Area: 26,340 square
Kilometers.
 Population: 11 million .
 Rainy seasons: March -
May and October –
November
 Average Tº: 24.6 - 27.6ºc.
Hottest months:
August, September.
Agriculture : 85.3% of pop.
And contribute 45% of
GDP.

4.  In order to transform the economy to middle income , knowledge based
economy, Rwanda developed a vision by year 2020(Vf2020) By using ICT
as the engine for this economic transformation.
 ICT development in Rwanda has been following a logical sequence,
organized under what has been termed National Information and
Communications Infrastructure (NICI) plans and strategies, designed in 4
phases (NICI I, NICI II, NICI III and NICI IV)
 Currently, Rwanda is implementing NICI III ( 2011 – 2015)
 NICI III is mainly focused on skills development whereby NICI II were
focused on providing world-class communications infrastructure as a
backbone of current and future communications requirements.

5. ICT focus :
•Agricultural sector
• service sector
•Industrial sector
•Education sector
• social sector
•Private sector
Rwanda took ICTs as a broad enabler of its socio-economic development
process

6. •
•Transform Rwanda into an IT-literate nation;
• Promote and encourage the deployment and utilization of ICTs within the
society;
• Improve the civil and public service efficiency;
•Improve the information and communications infrastructure for making
Rwanda a regional ICT hub;
• Transform the educational system and enhance skills development
leveraging ICTs thereby developing a human resource base that adapts to
changing demands of the economy;
• Develop the legal, institutional and regulatory framework and structures
required to support ICT development.

7. a 2,500km optic fiber that covers the entire
country. with a total of 7 regional links to the
neighboring countries
Kigali City Wibro. Was officially launched in
2010
ICT park set up for investors in pilot phase
OLPC (One laptop per child in schools) 7
GOVERNMENT INVESTIMENT IN ICT
SECTOR – Infrastructure

8. •
• Set up of Agricultural Information and communication center driven by ICT , service store
and extension support.
• Development of Market Price Information system(eSoko)
• Development of Agricultural Management information system ( AMIS) as agricultural
information gateway
• BDC and CCI for ICT community access
• Voucher management system –
• CountrySTAT for Agricultural statistics information management
• Short code 4127 for Farmers and other Agric. Actors
• Library Information system
• Information Kiosks for infos access
• Web 2.0 - supported by CTA

9. LIBRARY Extension Material Development
GIS
ICT A/V
Set up of CICA - Agricultural Information and Communication center

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AMIS – Agricultural Management Information System
Accessible:
• www.amis.minagri.gov.rw
• Search and
download
• Documents and
Media
• Maps
• Yellow Pages
• White Pages
• Forums
• MINAGRI
Library
• eSoko

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E-Soko – Market Price Information System
Accessible on mobile
phone :
• SMS
• IVR – Integrated voice
Response
•Website:
www.esoko.gov.rw

12. The process of scanning ID card of the farmer and give him/her a voucher
used to get a subsided agro input (seeds and fertilizer).

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Infos Kiosks – community ICT access
Info. Kiosks

16. eSoko – Phase II
Extension /Farmers website, e Cip, e girinka,
smart village…etc
ICT has been taken as priority in on going
finalization of SPAT III.
Example: Enterprise Resource Planning –
ERP in SPAT III
It will help in input management, HR management, financial
budgeting, production vis a vis to post harvest management,
and marketing management
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17.  As Rwanda Government positioned itself as a ICT champion
and setting different ambitions, therefore, there is still a long
journey to go!
 Rwanda ranked as the1st fastest internet in Africa this year of
2013, and this encourage the on going initiatives
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