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AGRI FOOD CHAINS INFORMATION SYSTEM (SISPRO)

Galarza, Juan Manuel

Agricultural and Fisheries Information Service (SIAP)

Benjamin Franklin 146,

Mexico, D.F., 11800, Mexico

[email protected]

Abstract

SISPRO is a system of integral information of the principal farming products, which

has "outcomes" related to: Production, Marketing, Suppliers, Industrialization, Final

Consumption, Programs of Support, and Innovation and Technology. It offers, in a

single site, all the information that the different participants of the food-processing

chains need, adding value to the information, since it allows users to elaborate tables

and thematic maps.

Introduction

The Mexican farming sector is characterized for possessing a producers' minority

sector highly technified and with international levels of competitiveness, which

production is orientated towards the domestic and international market, and with

another set of medium and small producers, who in some cases generate surpluses for

the domestic market and in others, only produce to cover their own family needs.

In this context, the use of information of production and trade of farming products is

common in the producers' sector highly competitive, but slightly frequently or

practically non-existent in the group of producers with few surpluses or of self-

consumption. What characterizes the Mexican farmers and, even, many authorities

and companies of services related to the sector, is the lack of a culture of use of the

information to support the making of decisions.

This lack of culture of use of the information did not involve many risks in conditions

of a closed economy and highly controlled by governmental agencies, as it was the

case of Mexico until middle of the decade of the 80's. Nevertheless, Mexico is

nowadays one of the countries with major number of commercial agreements in the

world, it’s agricultural markets are subject to international competition (for example,

in the North America Free Trade Agreement, there were eliminated from the

beginning, in 1994, the duties of practically all the agricultural products, with

exception of maize, bean, sugar and milk, which process of tax relief concludes this

year). In this new reality and with the domestic and international markets connected

not only by the elimination of the tariff restrictions to trade, but also for the world

coverage of technologies of information, the consultation of the information turns out

to be imperious for producers and authorities, in order to improve the design of

strategies devoted to sector’s development.

In the previous paragraphs one has sought to raise the conditions that have imposed

the need to rely on a farming system of information orientated towards the market,

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which should be designed attending to the needs of the users and that facilitate the

consultation of the producers, especially those of medium and small scales of

production

In the Agricultural and Fisheries Information Service (SIAP) we are penetrating into

what we can call the second stage in the integration and diffusion of information,

which consists of more than the mere compilation and publication of a set of statistics

without a general scheme that arranges and interrelates them, to an integral system of

information, designed from the needs of the users, whose consultation provides the

client, apart from the advantage of having in a single source all the information that

requires, an added value contained in the own information, since it can be possible to

do tables, elaborate thematic maps, etc. The elaboration of thematic maps is an

innovation that has a particular significance, since contributes to a better

understanding of the information by users. It is always easier to understand a map

than a table or a specialized report.

1. Aims of the Project

1.1 General:

To rely on a flexible system of information to train and enable all members who

participate in each agrifood chain, carry out the planning of their activities, support

them in communication and permanent conciliation with the economic and

institutional actors of the productive chains in which they take part.

1.2 Specific:

To integrate the infrastructure of hardware, development tools, tools of information

operation, software of databases, as well as the equipment, systems and necessary

implements to guarantee the availability and accessibility to the systems of

information, and those who facilitate the integration to the technological

infrastructure and of systems of the SAGARPA.

Availability of servers with enough capacity for processing and storage, as well as

the environment of operating systems, databases managers and tools of development,

incorporating schemes of safety, of analysis of the services that integrate the systems

of information.

2 . Work done

2.1 Development of Content of the Modules

With base in the Plan of Work, the development of the Modules of Information of the

following System-Products is concluded:

Tequila Agave

Avocado

Cotton Rice

Cacao Dry Beans Coffee Guava


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Mexican Lime

Corn

Orange

Mangoes

Melon Potatoes

Wheat

Grapes and Pork

In a first stage, the general scheme was defined, as well as the content of the

Information system page of these seventeen developed agrifood chains, which

includes subjects as: Input, Production, Trade, Industrialization, Final Consumption,

Present Situation and Perspective, Support Programs, Innovation and Technology, in

addition to specific sites of each one of the information systems.

In a second stage, works were carried out to compile, integrate and analyze

information that is not available in databases; and therefore, it requires research,

selection and analysis, for each chain.

Likewise, works of specific information about the following subjects were

developed:

Trade

Standardization (Quality and Innocuousness)

World Wide Overview

Historical Foreign Trade

Agrifood Chains Valuation

Industrial Information

Employment

Household income and expenditures

Producer, wholesale and retail prices

Support Programs

Current Situation and Perspectives

The previous thing allows the system to satisfy the demand of information and the

statistics of a specific product and in addition, enables the user to interact with the

tools that SISPRO offers, as they are, for example: Production Historical Series,

Warehouse Data and the Opportune Follow-up System of Commerce, among others.

We present now the information matrix, which shows the desegregation by subject in

variables, sources of production and observations, as well as several papers of

compilation, integration and analysis of the statistical data and information

corresponding to each product system.


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TOPICS VARIABLES INFORMATION SOURCES OBSERVATIONS

HARVESTED AREA* FAO

PRODUCTION VOLUME USDA

YIELDS* OCDE

PRODUCTION VALUE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISMSAGRONOMIC FEATURES* SIAP SEASONALITY

CULTIVATED, HARVESTED AND DAMAGED AREA* SIAPVARIETIES SIAPPRODUCTION MODALITY AND CICLES SIAPPRODUCTION VOLUME SIAPYIELDS SIAPAVERAGE RURAL PRICE SIAPPRINCIPAL STATE PRODUCERS SIAPPRODUCING ZONES SIAPTECHNOLOGICAL PACKAGESPRODUCER FEATURESSUPPLIERSPRICES (SEEDS, BALANCED FOOD, NOURISHING COMPLEMENTS, PRODUCTS, PLANT HEALTHANIMAL HEALTHFITOZOOSANITARY CAMPAIGNS DIAGNOSE AND QUALITY CERTIFICATION

APPRAISEMENT OF THE PRODUCTIVE CHAIN INEGI

TO MAKE THE CALCULATION OF THE GROSS TOTALPRODUCTION

HUMAN CONSUMPTION CONAPO, INEGI, SNIIM PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION

INEGI, ECONOMIC CENSUS (SUBSECTOR 31)

INEGI - INDUSTRIAL SURVEY

SIEM-SE, EXPANSION MAGAZINE

AGROINDUSTRIAL SECTOR COMPANIES; NATIONAL AND

FOREIGN INVESTMENT, MARKET SHARE OF THEIR

PRODUCTS; IMPORTS, EXPORTS; ETC.

MARKETING CHANNELS

ASERCA, 'SUBSECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, SDR, INEGI

CENTERS OF COLLECTION SUBSECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

TRANSPORT SDRPRINCIPAL SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION CENTERS INEGI

EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MARKETING PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS

QUALITY AND VARIETYPRODUCER PRICES SIAP, SNIIM UPDATE ON MONTHLY BASISWHOLESALE PRICES SNIIM UPDATE ON DAILY BASISRETAIL PRICES BANXICO, PROFECO UPDATE ON MONTHLY BASISINTERNATIONAL PRICES SIAP, ASERCA, SNIIM UPDATE ON DAILY AND MONTHLY BASIS

MEXICAN EXPORTS AND IMPORTS SICM - SECRETARY OF ECONOMYCOUNTRIES OF DESTINY AND ORIGIN; TARIFFS; VOLUME Y VALUE

SEASONAL VARIATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTSWORLD EXPORTS AND IMPORTS FAO, USDA COUNTRIES OF DESTINY AND ORIGINTARIFF AND NOT TARIFF SCHEMES SECRETARY OF ECONOMY, SENASICA STABLISHED IN THE TRADE AGREEMENTSQUALIT PROCEDUREMARKETING PROCEDURE

ORIGIN REGULATION

POLICIES OF INSTITUTIONAL

SUPPORT

SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO THE PRODUCTION,COMMERCIALIZATION AND OTHER

SUBSECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, ASERCA, LIVESTOCK GENERAL COORDINATION

ANALYSIS AND TRENDS

NATIONAL AND INTERNACIONAL PRODUCTION PERSPECTIVES; AS WELL AS FOREIGN TRADE AND PRICES.

SIAP, ASERCA, SPECIALIZING PUBLICATIONS AND SIAP OWN ANALYSIS

PRESENTS MONTHLY SUMMARY

OFICIAL DIARY INFORMATION RELATED TO THEAGRICULTURE SECTOR

OFFICIAL DIARY

BOARDS OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDUSTRIALCHAMBERS

FAO, USDA, SAGARPA, CHAPINGO UNIVERSITY; IIE-UNAM

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR NEWS AND OF AGRIFOOD CHAINS INTEREST

ASERCA; SNIIM; SIAP

INFORMATION TO THE CONSUMER

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION, FORMS OF FOOD PREPARATION, SHOPPING ORIENTATION.

PROFECO, SIAP

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

RESEARCH PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT OFEXISTING PROJECTS ABOUT EACH CHAIN.

INIFAP, PRODUCE FOUNDATION

BANK OF MEXICO

FEDERAL ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER

SYSTEM OF COMMERCIAL INFORMATION OF MEXICO

INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF POPULATION

NATIONAL SYSTEM OF INFORMATION OF MARKETS

SUPPORTS AND SERVICES TO THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

SUBSECRETARY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

PROCURADURIA FEDERAL DEL CONSUMIDOR (PROFECO)

SISTEMA DE INFORMACION COMERCIAL DE MEXICO (SICM)

INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ECONOMICAS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MEXICO (IIE-UNAM)

ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT

NATIONAL SERVICE OF HEALTH, INNOCUOUSNESS AND FOOD-PROCESSING QUALITY

AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES INFORMATION SERVICE (SIAP)

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK RESEARCHES

SYSTEM OF INFORMATION OF COMPANIES OF MEXICO

NATIONAL CHAMBER OF THE INDUSTRY OF TRANSFORMATION

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS, GEOGRAPHY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

SISTEMA NACIONAL DE INFORMACION DE MERCADOS (SNIIM)

APOYOS Y SERVICIOS A LA COMERCIALIZACION AGROPECUARIA (ASERCA)

SUBSECRETARIA DE DESARROLLO RURAL (SDR)

BANCO DE MEXICO (BANXICO)

SISTEMA DE INFORMACION DE EMPRESAS DE MEXICO (SIEM-SE)

CAMARA NACIONAL DE LA INDUSTRIA DE LA TRANSFORMACION (CANACINTRA)

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA, GEOGRAFIA E INFORMATICA (INEGI)

CONSEJO NACIONAL DE POBLACION (CONAPO)

ORGANIZACIÓN PARA LA COOPERACION Y EL DESARROLLO ECONOMICO (OCDE)

SERVICIO NACIONAL DE SANIDAD, INOCUIDAD Y CALIDAD AGROALIMENTARIA (SENASICA)

SERVICIO DE INFORMACION AGROALIMENTARIA Y PESQUERA (SIAP)

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES, AGRICOLAS Y PECUARIAS (INIFAP)

INPUT

DEMAND (DESTINY)

PRICES

HEADQUARTER OF TECHNOLOGICAL ENTAIL, SENASICA, SECRETARY OF ECONOMY

FOREIGN TRADE

AGRI FOOD CHAINS

UP TO DATE INFORMATION

DISTRIBUTION AND TRADE

REGULATION

DOMESTIC PRODUCTION

INFORMATION MATRIX

DESCRIBES THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS. TO PRESENT TABLE AND FLOW CHART ABOUT THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE AGROINDUSTRIAL CHAIN.

WORLD WIDE PRODUCTION

DATA ABOUT FACTORIES, DISTRIBUTION ANDCOMMERCIALIZER COMPANIES.

INOCUOUSNESS

TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PRODUCT

WORLDWIDE; PARTICIPATION IN THE TOTAL CULTIVATED

AND HARVESTED AREA; IN THE TOTAL EXPORTS AND

IMPORTS; DEMAND; FLOWS OF TRADE; COUNTRIES THAT

PRODUCE, EXPORT AND IMPORT.

DESCRIBES THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MAIN PRODUCTIONVARIABLES.

DESCRIBES THE MARKETING PROCESS OF THE PRODUCTS STUDIED, WHO IS PARTICIPATING, ETC.

INDUSTRIAL CONSUMPTION

SENASICATAKE NOTE OF CONTROLATED AREAS OR PLAGUES ANDDISEASES FREE; TOTAL CERTIFIED AREAS, BY ZONE ANDSTATE.

INIFAP, CHAPINGO UNIVERSITY; SIEM-SE, CANACINTRA


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It’s included information derived of projects developed by the SIAP, such as:

Production forecast, Margins of Marketing, Market Information (INFOMER),

Supply-Demand Balances and documents of Present Situation and Perspective.

2.2 Development of Systems and Computer Tools:

By a dynamic system of geographically information consulting, Mexican Republic

Maps can be obtained at a national, state and country level; where they show the

products origin.

There were developed an endless number of consultations to the database in SQL and

they are executed in Brio Data Warehousing.

For the maintenance and develop of the concept of the Information Chain,

Macromedia Suite (Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks) is used. It’s also used EditPlus

publisher and the software of data transfer Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional 2006.

The information consulting is designed to be used in Microsoft Internet Explorer and

Netscape Navigator.

2.3 Dynamic Maps

The services of dynamic maps are applications that allow the users to connect in a

remote way, either through a web page or by means of a software, and allows to

produce their own maps, selecting geographical specific levels and the manipulation

of layers of information from a predefined menu

Have you wondered how much does it cost to implement a solution of GIS

(Geographic Information System) in your Company or Organism? Plus the value of

the time invested in training personnel to create results.

Nowadays, maps in line are a solution that reduces costs and time, which guarantees

the improvement of services and implementation of measures in benefit of the

society.

The maps in line are an agile and economic concept for users, since they do not have

to buy any software for the analysis, the process, the design and the generation of

thematic maps and databases.

3 . Coordination and Dissemination

3.1 Coordination

• Meetings, communication and feedback with committees of the agrifood

chains of cotton, guava, oil seeds, potatoes and wheat, to review and analyzed


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SISPRO's general scheme with it’s representatives, and to identify variables

that must be includes in the particular design of each agrifood chain.

• Participation in the project on "Quality of the crop of wheat autumn - winter

2004-2005", realized by the Group of Work of Innovation and Transfer of

Technology of the National Wheat Council. Among the aims of this group, it

stands out of determining the characteristics of the industrial quality of the

crop of wheat in the principal areas of production, by means of the analysis

physicist - chemist of the wheat and the correlation with the climate and other

factors that intervene in their production. In August 2006, they released the

results of the productive chain wheat-flour-bread analysis to the Council

members.

SIAP contribution consisted in providing the methodology for the Objective Yields

Survey, as well as the physical samples of the grain obtained in several states of the

country. Other institutions that participate in the referred work group are:

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), National Institute

of Forestry, Agricultural and Livestock Researches (INIFAP), and National Wheat

Council (CONATRIGO).

To continue with the development of this work, the project of reference was

surrendered to contest in the National Council of Science and Technology

(CONACYT) to obtain financial resources with the intention of buying equipment

and laboratory instruments to accomplish the corresponding analyses, as well as to

conduct a survey of Objective Yields of the crop Autumn-Winter 2005/2006 and

Spring_Summer 2006. The project received the approval of CONACYT and a budget

of 1.7 million pesos granted (150 thousand US dollars, approximately).

• Participation in meetings with agents of the agrifood chains (producers,

suppliers of products and services) in order to show them the concept of

Module of Information of the agrifood products.

3.2 Dissemination

• First Fair of Product Chains that took place in the World Trade Center of

Mexico City, in order to spread the information system.

• Expo-Agrifood that annually takes place in the city of Irapuato, Guanajuato.

• II National Meeting of the State Agricultural Statistic Offices (OEIDRUS), in

the city of Veracruz, in which the 33 Ministry of Agriculture’s Delegations

participated as well as the representatives of the OEIDRUS, which

participated in a training course in order to access and use the Agrifood Chain

Concept.

• Innova 2005 recognition. SIAP submitted SISPRO before the National Office

of the Prize to the Innovation and Quality, having come to the second phase.

4. Electronic consultation of the SISPRO


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System information can be consulted through two routes: www.siap.gob.mx:


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Through each product electronic addresses:

www.agavetequilero.gob.mx

www.aguacate.gob.mx

www.algodon.gob.mx

www.arroz.gob.mx

www.cacao.gob.mx

www.cafe.gob.mx

www.frijol.gob.mx

www.guayaba.gob.mx

www.limonmexicano.gob.mx

www.maiz.gob.mx

www.mango.gob.mx

www.melon.gob.mx

www.naranja.gob.mx

www.trigo.gob.mx

www.uva.gob.mx

www.porcinos.gob.mx

(Agrifood Productive Chains)


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Example of SISPRO (maize) with dynamic map and result table:


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