Presentation by Charles Marc Wanume, Research & Quality Analyst, Grameen Foundation AppLab Session: Meeting the Content Needs of Mobile-Based Agriculture Services on 5 Nov 2013 ICT4Ag, Kigali, Rwanda

1. Mobile Indigenous Knowledge:
The “cloud” for Local knowledge
Dissemination
Title Slide
Cultivating the Innovation culture
Charles Marc Wanume
ICT4Ag-Kigali Nov 4-8, 2013

2. Undocumented Local
Knowledge
 Loss of important components across
generations
 Scattered and not accessible
Yet…….
 Smallholder farmer are unable to purchase
expensive synthetic inputs
 Environmental and health concerns about
synthetic agricultural inputs

3. Caroline's story?
 Distance from inputs-dealer’ or union/town: 45 km
 Distance from Ag ext station/sub county: 1 hr walk
 Income: <$1.25 a day
 Education Level: Primary 7

4. Typical Farmer Problem
A
Problem- 10 of her birds of 20 had died.
Solution -A CKW looked up the problem using a phone and
advised her to add aloe-vera to drinking water she gave to the
hens. All her remaining chicken survived!

5. How It works
Call Center
Call Center
& Issue
Tracking
Grameen
cloud
Local Knowledgebase
CKW intermediary
Content team
Web interface
•SMS subscription
• broadcast channels
•Voice

6. Smart Apps
Local caching
 Farmers aren’t always
online
 Network coverage isn’t
yet 100%
 Informational databases
need to be accessible
always

7. Coverage of CKW network
36 Districts
1,139 CKWs
CKW
Extension
worker

4-6 villages
 500-800 households
5-10 km

15-40 villages
 3,000-9,000 households
50-300 km

8. We hope…
Developing a base for local knowledge will.
 Secure innovations for future generations
 Increase accessibility
 Provide cost effective solutions for smallholder farmers
 Reduce health and environmental risks
 Ensure multi-stakeholder involvement in knowledge
generation and dissemination

9. CKW program –September 2013
204,152
1,139
36
Districts
CKWs
25.08%
74,650
Repeat
Usage
Surveys
308,059
Info
Searches
Farmers
Registered
42
Crops &
Livestock
1,845,115
Total
Interactions

10. Demo of Apps
Please come to the plug and play day to see how
the CKW search Application works

11. Assante Sana
cwanume@grameenfoundation.org