Moroccan department of agriculture ASAAR project (prices)

Dec 2011

Automate : Collection, compilation and dissemination of agricultural

products prices provide decision makers (and all other users) with

reliable information

Assar Project: Use of Hi-tech tools for price collection

Information shared with all

economic actors

Information checked and

interpreted for reliability

Survey: Price collection and

transmission in real time via PDA

www.prixagriculture.org

MIS importance ? 60 products surveyed, 50 collection points, 10 of price history

Producer prices: cereals, legumes

Weekly rural souks: Cereals, vegetables and animal feed

Wholesale Markets

• Vegetables: Tomatoes, potatoes and onions, etc. ...

• Fruits: apples, bananas, oranges, Clementine, grapes, apricots, peaches.

• Poultry products: broilers, eggs, (Casablanca)

• Slaughterhouse: Price collection concern red meat from slaughtered cattle and

sheep.

- Wholesale Market: 9 - Rural souks (weekly held markets): 25 - Retail Markets (only during RAMADAN): 16

- Frequent price - Minimum / Maximum price - Volumes - Market conditions

How are we organized? structure 40 offices of

statistics

A network of 200 investigators equipped

with PDAs

Design and supervision of programs in accordance with international standards and practices

Technical support and expertise in the field of statistics: managers, consultants, cooperation with national research institutes and international agencies .... Etc.

Strategy and Statistics

Directorate / Statistics Div

Steering team

Internet (3G, GPRS, etc.)

Strategy and Statistics Directorate

- Reporting - Set forms and decide on

markets to monitor

Data introduction via web

PDA Surveyor Region 1

Price data base Back office

application

secured Communication

MAPM platform hosted at Meditel

PDA Surveyor region 2

Public Web site:

www.prixagriculture.org

Information flow management

Price quoted up on product standardization (a detailed description as used in practice)

Focus on the market of Casablanca

-Variety -Origin of produce -Color -Presentation -Size

•360 listings fruit: 241 for Apple 39 for Orange

•34 listings of vegetables: 10 for Tomato 12 for the Potato

Ex Tomato: -Open field, greenhouse -Red or rotating -Large, medium, small -Souss Mass or Gharb ... etc

3 values are collected (min, max and mode)

Public Web site:

www.prixagriculture.org