Darlington Kahilu
| Organización | National Agricultural Information Services |
|---|---|
| Organization type | Government/Bilateral Organization |
| País | Zambia |
This member participated in the following Forums
Foro Forum: "Using ICT to enable Agricultural Innovation Systems for smallholders" September, 2012
Question 1 (opens 17 Sept.)
Dear Emanuel, thank you for your comments. You can read more on this at http://iconnect-online.org/blogs/national-agricultural-information-services-use-smsize-internet-based-platform-improve-farmer-p
Dear Mr. Riggs,
Thank you for your comments. Tha platform was officially launched in November last year and we are targeting all farmers with mobile phone access and currently subsribers to Aittel only. The platform will soon be available to MTN amd Zamtel subsribers. You can read more on this at http://iconnect-online.org/blogs/national-agricultural-information-services-use-smsize-internet-based-platform-improve-farmer-p.
farmers in Zambia are now able to access extension advice services on any farming proble they are facing on their farms on questions ranging from production, processing, storage, marketing including climate change. This is an initiative ny the department of National Agricultural Information Services in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. The platform allows farmers to send their questions in form of SMS using their mobile phones and they receive answers to their questions within the shortest time possible. The system also helps us generate new radio broadcast topics from the questions raised by the farmers. So far the farmers are appreciating as it is now taking little time for feedback to and from the farmers.