FORM'AGRI - Training workshop for OPA marketing committee members on the use of the "SIM M-agri" market information system

Start
July 2018
End
July 2018
Project cost
2000 €
Role in the project
Expert TIC pour l'agriculture

Countries

Côte d’Ivoire

Fields

Agriculture Market

Main goals

Within the framework of the PROPACOM project of the Ministry of Agriculture (Agricultural Production Support and Marketing Project), our goal is to provide training to build the capacity of members of PO marketing committees on use of the M-agri service and the arrangements to be made.

Specific objectives

  • Inform participants about SIM M-AGRI, its functioning and its access mechanism
  • Train participants on the functioning mechanisms of agricultural product markets
  • Train participants on the benefits of SIM

Beneficiaries

  • The members of the marketing committees of 40 OPAs of the Man and Séguéla branches, ie 80 participants
  • Managed structures of Man and Séguéla antennas (SIADES office, ANADER agents)
  • Agents of COOPEC dedicated PROPACOM MFIs (Man-Biankouma-Touba-Odiénné-Danané & Séguéla-Mankono)
  • The agents of the antennas of Man and Séguéla (COPA, CPA, CSE, CC and CT °)

Results

** R1. ** Participants are informed about the functioning and access mechanism of the SIM "M-AGRI" ** R2. ** Participants are familiar with the M-AGRI service and telephone subscription path ** R3. ** Participants understand changes in market prices, the supply and demand mechanism, and the interest of the producer to access market information

Related people

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ICT Project officer / Côte d'Ivoire

Joseph M’Bahia

Holder of a License in Computer Science - Software Engineering, Joseph is based in Abidjan where he holds the position of ICT Project officer. He brings his expertise in data collection, in the management of N'KALÔ databases and other communication platforms of the association.