Poster prepared by ILRI, September 2018
KAZNET Platform is a mobile application for crowdsourcing data using flexible and dynamically generated tasks. It is being developed to provide a solution to the limitations posed by lack of information in the development and resource management of the drylands.
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KAZNET: Towards creating livestock market information efficiency through technology
1. Contact Persons
Rupsha Banerjee: B.Rupsha@cgiar.org
Francesco Fava: f.fava@cgiar.org
Nathan Jensen: n.jensen@cgiar.org
Motivation
Information scarcity is severely limiting the development and resource management of the drylands.
Challenges
Lack of credible information has constrained
governments and the development sector in
their support to the livestock sector.
Several attempts to collect market information
through conventional methods have faced data
quality and sustainability challenges.
Features
Tasks are developed on the backend with parameters on when and
where the data can be collected, and the reward for doing so.
A mobile application provides contributors with a menu of available
tasks, their parameters, and the reward for successful submissions.
Collecting data does not require cellular coverage and all
submissions are time and data stamped.
Tasks are approved automatically or manually by the administrator
using the web-based application.
Contributors are paid frequently for their successful contributions.
Achievements
Pilot: May - October 2017 in six markets – Moyale, Merille,
Lolkuniani, Oldonyiro, Isiolo.
Observations: Total of 135 market – days observed.
Task Types: Livestock market operation status, livestock price &
quality, volume of livestock trade, milk prices, and prices of
essential food commodities.
Tasks: 16,910 submitted, 90,606 questions on livestock
markets, milk, and other commodities.
Contributors: 37 including members of the Livestock Marketing
Associations and County Government officials.
Technical Working Group: Stakeholders workshop led to the
formation of the Technical Working Group led by the State
Department of Livestock.
Key Lessons Learned
Crowdsourcing livestock market information is possible and
improves data quality at a relatively low cost.
Significant number of smartphone users who can crowdsource
data in the drylands.
Strong demand of broader range of information besides market
information that is beneficial to the livestock value chain. E.g.
water and pasture availability, security, disease outbreaks.
Opportunities
Leverage transformational technologies
and growing access to mobile networks.
Develop a data collection, verification and
dissemination platform for information
related to pastoral production systems.
̶ KAZNET Platform: Mobile application for crowdsourcing data using flexible and dynamically generated tasks ̶
Way Forward
Sustainability: A demand-driven business strategy for both data collection and
dissemination.
Functionality: Continue to improve KAZNET capabilities and user experience.
Standardization: Data collection protocols, incentive structures, quality
verification.
Scale and Diversity: Broaden the use-cases and extend our network of
contributors.
KAZNET PLATFORM
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