Good day all! Great view from Sameera. The middlemen are very useful and create good value along the channel. But there is need to make all stakeholders understand that transparency and professionalism should be a classic participatory approach for effective tracking; considering that all wish to make profits. Its only demoralizing when they over exploit the farmers. Records should be able to show good practices by all parties on the assessment channel for sustainable growth and increase productivity. Incentives that will encourage small farmers to increase their capacity be put in place to encourage more production for fast and smooth development. We can guide against the downsides through dialogue; this will attrack more innovations on value for money. Thank you

Dear all, The points from Flaureuys, Samera, Michealriggs, Henry Benavides and Sapnaroamarula are great. The issue of Cultural background and Religion plays lot of role in developing agricultural ICT chains in developing Countries. The impact of transporting products from point (A) to (B) most time creates great looses to the farmer. Thank you

Good day all, Thank you Jo. This tool is very useful. It helps the small farmers to know where to sell and make good fortunes. Most time the middlemen make all the profits while the farmer gets back to square one. The tool will help the farmers to know what to plant and how to increase the desired qualities. Although figures about World internet penetration rates in 2008 shows African to be the least (5.3%) ; Nigerian government have implemented substantial e-government projects and Cross River State have placed e-government initiatives at the heart of their state ICT strategies. Access to the internet is considered by most commentators to be a positive good within society, and of importance to all social groups in all countries - in particular, to rich and poor, and to men and women. However, access is constrained by many factors - in particular by the availability of infrastructure, including communications networks and computers; by the cost of computers, connectivity and internet access; and by the availability of relevant skills, including literacy. The open nature of the Internet is seen as part of its uniqueness, and its importance as a tool to advance human development . Internet users trade ideas and information and build on both, thus increasing the wealth of knowledge for everyone, today and in the future.The openness of the Internet should be seen as a key feature to ensure its stability and security. Thanks Sonigitu

Hello All ! The name is Sonigitu Ekpe from Cross River State, Nigeria. I currently work with the State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources as the Customer Care / Complaints Officer. I have created awareness in the rural areas on the importance of ICT in agricultural & gender role in food security and sustainable agricultural practices. ICT tools are great tools to reform people with access. I will be glad to share on the learning side of this forum. Thank you