mobile indigenous knowledge: the “cloud” for local knowledge dissemination

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Cultivating the Innovation culture

Mobile Indigenous Knowledge: The “cloud” for Local knowledge Dissemination

Charles Marc Wanume ICT4Ag-Kigali Nov 4-8, 2013

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

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

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!

How It works

Grameen cloud

Local Knowledge-base

Content team Web interface

Call Center

CKW intermediary

•SMS subscription • broadcast channels •Voice

Call Center & Issue

Tracking

Smart Apps

Local caching

Farmers aren’t always

online

Network coverage isn’t

yet 100%

Informational databases

need to be accessible

always

Coverage of CKW network

36 Districts

1,139 CKWs

4-6 villages

15-40 villages

500-800 households

3,000-9,000 households

5-10 km

50-300 km Extension worker

CKW

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

CKW program –September 2013

Farmers Registered

Total Interactions

1,845,115

Repeat Usage

Districts CKWs

Info Searches

308,059

Surveys

74,650 Crops &

Livestock

42

1,139 204,152 36

25.08%

Demo of Apps

Please come to the plug and play day to see how the CKW search Application works

Assante Sana cwanume@grameenfoundation.org