SMS for agriculture mekongict 2010
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- Agriculture Support with SMS
- ICT for the edge
- @futuresandwich / kinyei.org
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- SMS: A Frontier Technology
- Most ICT is exclusive to the affluent & urban
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- Financial requirements 3. Infrastructure requirements 4. Education requirements
- About 75% of Cambodians live in rural areas
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- For most of the people in the world who need it most, SMS is the only way to access the power of ICT for development.
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- SMS System Architectures
- Push
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- Broadcast 7. Bulletins
- Pull
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- Data queries 8. Expert Consultation / Mechanical Turks
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- So.. what does a farmer want to know?
- Design an agricultural SMS information system
10. CAMIP - Cambodia 11. AMIS - Cameroon 12. DatGro - Chile 13. Ossian - India 14.
- But they're kind of hard to maintain...
- Difficult to maintain body of information required 15. Difficult to ensure information integrity 16. Difficult to answer niche needs of smallholders
17. Agriculture 2.0
- (crowd-sourced, social, user-regulated)
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- So.. what does a farmer want to know?
- International market prices
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- So.. what does a farmer want to know?
- International market prices 20. Expert advice
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- So.. what does a farmer want to know?
- International market prices 22. Expert advice 23. Weather forecasts
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- So.. what does a farmer want to know?
- International market prices 25. Expert advice 26. Weather forecasts 27. Phone numbers
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- So.. what does a farmer want to know?
- International market prices 29. Expert advice 30. Weather forecasts 31. Phone numbers
Technology is most valuable when it is social 32.
- SMS System Architectures
- Push
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- Broadcast 33. Bulletins
- Pull
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- Data queries 34. Expert Consultation / Mechanical Turks
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- SMS System Architectures
- Push
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- Broadcast 36. Bulletins
- Pull
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- Data queries 37. Expert Consultation / Mechanical Turks
- Participate
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- Any further questions?
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- Thanks for your time