I am the regional coordinator for the SADC Question and Answer Service supported by CTA. The service started off (1999) by the University of the Free State Library and Information Service answering agricultural requests for information on demand. Malawi and Botswana was first followed by Namibia, Lesotho and Zimbabwe. We are hoping to establish a node in Zimbabwe before the end of the year. We supply information mainly to farmers. The national centres now supply information to their spcific regions and where they lack relevant information, requests the regional office at the UFS to spply the relevant information. CTA has also furnished the national nodes with additional sources. The success stories sent in by farmers of the results of their receiving information really shows the value of the access to information in improving livelihoods and reducin g hunger in the SADC region. Visit the service (PRAIS- Programme for Agricultural Information Services) online at http://www.uovs.ac.za/faculties/content.php?id=3475&FCode=12&DCode=431 We are planning to implement the use of mobile phones soon in order to supply relevant market information