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• Agriculture Support with SMS

• ICT for the edge
• @futuresandwich / kinyei.org

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SMS: A Frontier Technology

Most ICT is exclusive to the affluent & urban

• Financial requirements 3. Infrastructure requirements 4. Education requirements

About 75% of Cambodians live in rural areas

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For most of the people in the world who need it most, SMS is the only way to access the power of ICT for development.

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SMS System Architectures

Push

• Broadcast 7. Bulletins

Pull

• Data queries 8. Expert Consultation / Mechanical Turks

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So.. what does a farmer want to know?

Design an agricultural SMS information system

10. CAMIP - Cambodia 11. AMIS - Cameroon 12. DatGro - Chile 13. Ossian - India 14.

But they're kind of hard to maintain...

Difficult to maintain body of information required 15. Difficult to ensure information integrity 16. Difficult to answer niche needs of smallholders

17. Agriculture 2.0

(crowd-sourced, social, user-regulated)

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So.. what does a farmer want to know?

International market prices

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So.. what does a farmer want to know?

International market prices 20. Expert advice

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So.. what does a farmer want to know?

International market prices 22. Expert advice 23. Weather forecasts

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So.. what does a farmer want to know?

International market prices 25. Expert advice 26. Weather forecasts 27. Phone numbers

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So.. what does a farmer want to know?

International market prices 29. Expert advice 30. Weather forecasts 31. Phone numbers

Technology is most valuable when it is social 32.

SMS System Architectures

Push

• Broadcast 33. Bulletins

Pull

• Data queries 34. Expert Consultation / Mechanical Turks

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SMS System Architectures

Push

• Broadcast 36. Bulletins

Pull

• Data queries 37. Expert Consultation / Mechanical Turks

Participate

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Any further questions?

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Thanks for your time