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RWANDA DEVELOPMENT BOARD
eRWANDA PROJECT
E-SOKO – The Agricultural Market Price information system
Bringing the market to Rwandans
Ministry Of Agriculture and Animal Resources
ContentsContentsWhat is the eSoko Project?What is the eSoko Project?How does the eSoko system work?How does the eSoko system work?How Is the eSoko System Used?How Is the eSoko System Used?Who is the Systems target Group?Who is the Systems target Group?What are eSoko systems Potential What are eSoko systems Potential
Benefits?Benefits?What is the Current status of the eSoko What is the Current status of the eSoko
System?System?What is the Future of eSoko System?What is the Future of eSoko System?
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What is the eSoko Project?What is the eSoko Project?Previously MINAGRI used its Planning
and Statistics Unit that collected market
prices from 33 markets distributed all
over the country twice a month. This
information was then faxed to MINAGRI,
who processed, validated and analyzed
the data.
A table by market, province, and district
was then generated and distributed to
different users via email or courier or
wall postings at market centres.
Challenges of the paper system?Challenges of the paper system?
The paper based system resulted in
distribution of mainly outdated information.
A tedious process from data collection,
aggregation, analysis to distribution
Costly data transmission and dissemination
process
Limited access to the information by the key
target group
• A collaborative effort between MINAGRI and RDB-
eRwanda project to utilize the power of technology to
increase faster access to real time agricultural
commodity market price information.
Timeliness Notifications
Publish Reports
Non-response follow-up
Submit Market Prices
SMS WEB
MARKETAGENT
MARKET COORDINATOR
Submit GPS Location
IVR
Approve/Reject Agent Submissions
J2ME/GPS
SMS to AgentsAGRI-USER/ PUBLIC
SMS WEB
Request Price Information
How does the eSoko system How does the eSoko system
work?work?
How Is the eSoko System How Is the eSoko System
Used?Used?
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COVERAGE 50 Market Covered (i.e. 6-Kigali, 11-Western Province, 11 -Eastern
Province, 8-Northern Province and 14-Southern Province) A total of 27 major agriculture commodities are surveyed Agents collect and submit market prince information on a weekly
basis
Public and Farmers’ Access guide Access via SMS channel
1. Type the following SMS string “Igiciro[Space]izina ry’isoko[space]izina ry’igicuruzwa”
2. Send to shortcode – 76563. Farmer/Trader/Public will get an instant response with the
latest price per unit of the commodity
Web Access Through the URL www.esoko.gov.rw , one can access the
latest commodity prices in all markets as well as weekly and monthly reports regarding commodities available.
Who is the Systems target Who is the Systems target
Group?Group?
Increased access to near real time market price information will:– Reduce costs of communication and to stabilize the prices of the
basic foodstuffs
– Sensitize producers to invest more in products with larger profit margins
– Facilitate access to the foodstuffs by the populations at a fair price
– Contribute to maintaining prices at reasonable levels by encouraging a greater competition
– Enable farmers decide, for example, if it is more lucrative to continue producing the crop or invest in the production of new species or decide on the right season to produce and sell at higher prices
– Facilitate MINAGRI’s food security planning and monitoring program
– Provide planning statistics needed by Government for planning purpose
What are eSoko systems Potential What are eSoko systems Potential Benefits?Benefits?
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RICE-RW
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BANANA
11
BEANS
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Total current SMS traffic is 25,186 Total Guests visited the system is 4043
What is the Current status of the eSoko What is the Current status of the eSoko
System?System?
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In order to complement the development of a broader agricultural system for MINAGRI, eSOKO Phase II will;
1. Focus on creating eSoko as a market place or trading point for agricultural commodities
2. Enhancement of SMS Interface to support Multilingual interfaces ( Kinyarwanda and English)
3. Enhancement of the analytics capabilities; Reports Enhancements, System User monitoring report
4. Monitoring/ Surveillance of price trends will be enhanced
5. Extend the system to other telecom operators– Tigo, Rwandatel
What is the Future of eSoko System?What is the Future of eSoko System?
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Thank You
Wilson MusoneraWilson MusoneraeSoko Administrator/ RDB- eSoko Administrator/ RDB-
eRwandaeRwanda