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N2Y4 Featured Project: AMIS
AMIS - Agricultural Information System
Bringing information to Cameroon farmers by sending sms messages.
The system is 2 way. Can inform farmers about markets or can get information from farmers about pest attacks.
Q. What is the feedback from the farming community? What is the reaction? Challenges to adoption?
A. talked to community, gave them phones, did research about what kind of information they would want to know.
Q. What funding sources have you looked for?
A. We have talked to the government and they are willing to be partners but they don't have much money.
Q. Will phone providers send free sms?
A. There are certain times of the day when sms is free so we will make use of that.
Q. What are the challenges to getting user adoption
A. The farmers do not have much education and do not know much about the outside world so when they learn that they might get information about markets and buyers they are very eager.
Q. Will you handle the other 30% of pop that is non-farmers
A. We believe that if we empower the 70% we will empower all of Cameroon.
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Great presentation
Valery you make AMIS glad to have you represent them.
whatever the outcome our farmers will be glad to know the lengths to which we went to get support for them.