1. Agro input MIS
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Past,
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- and Future ?
Agricultural Market Information Systems
in Africa : renewal and impact
29-
29-31 march 2010, Montpellier
Patrice
P t i ANNEQUIN Challenge # 1
MIS Specialist
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2. International Fertilizer Development
Center
Established in 1974 during world
food & oil crisis | green revolution
A non-profit International Public
Organization
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>700 professionals in 22 countries
Core competencies
Fertilizer & Soil fertility management
Agro inputs market development
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Linking farmers to markets
Capacity and association building Objective : from 8 to 50 kg/ha
Policy f
P li reforms
Challenge # 2
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3. In the business for more than 25 years
Client‐
Client‐ web2.0 mobile
server
PC Internet
Mini‐
Mini‐computers
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Chris Thomas
1970 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
IFDC is IFDC
AFTMIN AFAMIN TRADENET AI MIS
created Africa
Specialized Sectors Fertilizers Agro inputs Commodities Agro inputs
Agro Input Targets Gov’ts All All All
Market Coverage Africa West Africa West Africa Africa x 4
Information Tools Newsletters Web Web | mobile Web | mobile
Systems ICT Home made Home made Outsourced Outsourced
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4. Specific challenges for AI MIS
A different animal A risky business
Multiplicity of agro inputs No pre- i ti
N pre-existing AI MIS
• Kenya top 12 A.I. = 132 brands • Only pieces of larger MIS
Limited market actors • Methodologies ?
• 10s producers & importers • Deployment models ?
• Thousand(s) of input traders Very few if no data
• Millions of farmers
Seasonal business
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Markets need definitely
Poorly organized sector
more than prices !
• Trade, production, use stats
Often not fully liberalized
• Directories, catalogues
• Regulations, grades, policies
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5. Our business model
Pre-
Pre-conditions for Roles &
(possible) success responsibilities
Active agro dealers 1. Private sector : using &
association involved supplying info | data
(or existing MIS – usually at
cost …)
2. REC / public sector :
policy framework
Liberalized markets
3. Donors : initial
Predictable and
investments
supportive policies
4. ICT services : tools,
,
Sufficient
S fficient market si e
size
tech support & models
& # of market players
5. Projects : capacity &
partnership building
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6. How we tapped into opportunities
Enabling environment IFDC capacities
Agricultural productivity Product knowledge
• CAADP / NEPAD • Tech of agro inputs
Since 2007, fertilizers on • Business
top of agenda • Policies
• Africa Fertilizer Summit MIS experience
Donors willing and able • MIS from concept to
deployment
• AGRA, USAID, DGIS
• Methodologies
The agro input package • IT, DB management
IT
• Seed + Fert + (CPP)
Partners’ support
Multiple capacity devpt • Political / policies (REC)
projects for agro dealers • Industry
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7. Linking global to local AI MIS
Int’l prod & trade stats Africa Union maintain
Portal
Monthly int’l prices on NEPAD / CAADP
Directories Fertilizer Fertilizer industry
in Africa
Policies | regulations maintain
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Directories | catalogues REC (e.g. COMESA)
News | publications
Regional MIS Regional MIS
Fertilizers
Trade & production stats Seed + Pesticides Regional programmes
Monthly local prices Agro dealers assn’s promote
Bids UNADA
National MIS
Business profiles agri inputs
Country projects
Communication
Input Traders train
Farmers & FBOs
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8. Do we have the right approach ?
Mark Davies’ IFDC Agro Input MIS approach &
10 misconceptions on MIS implementation strategy
MIS is a public good Joint public + private + projects from day 1
We know what we want Yes (contents) and somewhat (technologies)
We know what they want More (contents) or less (delivery channels)
We can build our own IT 100% outsourced / links / partnerships only
The data is there No – mapping, closing gaps (projects, CAADP)
Build it and they will come Partnerships, endorsements, capacity building
We can pilot it Deployed with REC and reg’l/int’l associations
We can measure impact Yes for macro indicators (Abuja Declaration)
Someone will sustain it Yes (in principle) – part of larger policies + pgms
They can access it on the web Multiple points of entry / output / participation
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