Download Mongolian - IFAD Asia

ICT4RL session at IFAD event,
Nanning, China, 1-3 Nov 2010
B.Batpurev
CEO, InfoCon Co.,Ltd
Email: [email protected] / Website: www.infocon.mn
Mongolia
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Mongolian Rural families
Farmers – 130,000 families
or 300,000 people
Herders – 170,000
families or 400,000 people
60% are young people
below 35 years old
Mongolia: Land - 1,564,115.75 km2 ; Population - 2,736,800 ; GDP (ppp) per capita - US$3,481
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Mongolian Agriculture sector in a glance
600 000 hector land has been processed for
crop, wheat and vegetable production out of
1.2 mln hector land
The output of livestock production
40.9% of GDP,
comprises 86.5% of the total output
58% of total
employment
of agricultural production
100% of potato
need is
provided
domestically
20% of milk
need is
provided
domestically
50-97% of
vegetable and
crop needs are
provided
domestically
Total livestock
has reached
over 50 million
herds by 2009
Source:
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Dugarjav Ganpurev, FIFTA
Harvested Area and Collected Harvest
of Wheat
The output of livestock production
comprises 86.5% of the total output
of agricultural production
Source:
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Dugarjav Ganpurev, FIFTA
Planted Field and Collected Harvest
of Potatoes
The output of livestock production
comprises 86.5% of the total output
of agricultural production
Source:
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Dugarjav Ganpurev, FIFTA
Planted Field and Collected Harvest
of Vegetables
The output of livestock production
comprises 86.5% of the total output
of agricultural production
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Policy documents and national programs in
Agriculture sector
Government Policy on Food and Agricultural Sector (2003)
The output of livestock production
comprises
ofSector
the (2006-2015/ADB)
total output
Development
Strategy of86.5%
Agricultural
of agricultural production
Comprehensive National Development Strategy (2008)
Government Action Plan (2008-2012)
“Crop -3” National Program for Rehabilitation of Agriculture(2008)
“ Food security” program (2009)
“State policy towards herders” (2009)
“Industrialization” program (2009)
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Examples of ICT4RL projects…
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Prepares fortnightly report on pasture and agriculture land
Growth of Pasture land 100kg/hector
Tickness of snow, centimeter
Pasture land usage/grazed
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New technologies for ICT4RL
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Share information among PIU
and other interested parties.
New technologies. It allows all
levels of website users to create
their own content at ease.
It is must to train people who
are the main producers of
content.
ICTs help project results
dissemination and networking
Attach the website to
Government’s ICT center. Which
eliminates ICT support task from
project.
Stats since 2007:
Total visitors: 146,755 Of 38,959 (27%) returning visitors
Total page views: 581,119
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Price/Market watch project
Objective of Roaming Business is to improve the flow of business related
information to nomadic rural communities in Inner and Outer Mongolia.
Specific objectives:
• Apply new ICT business information developments in support of dispersed
nomadic rural communities , encouraging business-related information
seeking behaviour amongst the sector
• Strengthen the flow of information of nomad products between regions
and Inner Mongolia and Mongolia
• Create for the dissemination of the project results in other Asian countries
and regions, such as PRCs Xinjiang Autonomous Region, and Central Asia
(Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan).
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“Business Information Agency” system
architecture
1 – Linux, Apache MySql, PHP
and Drupal
2 – CENTOS, Asterisk, MYSQL,
PHP and PHPAGI
3 – Mobigator for SMS and IVR
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“Business Information Agency” SMS
system
• User sends/receives SMS to special number
– 95960550, 95970550 and 99013039
• One SMS costs ~ 1.5 US cent
• Total number of users – 1300
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Uvurkhangai – 200
Dornogobi – 240
Khuvsgul – 300
Khovd -260
Khentii – 200
Other provinces – 100
• http://www.bia.mn/en/sendsms
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“Business Information Agency”
Integrated Voice Response (IVR)
system
• Integrated Voice Response (IVR)
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95960550, 95970550 and 99013039
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Outgoing call
Incoming call
Leave voice message
Call redirecting
Place a call based on special SMS
Send special SMS after call
1 minute calling costs ~ 4.5 US cent
http://www.bia.mn/en/ivrs
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Lessons learned
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The result is that the SMS was mixed
as the website is working, but the
cost of managing and using the
software is an issue.
The 3,000 client database was not a
viable business model for local
private business or NGO
The result of the IVR system was
mixed. The concept and execution
was good, but the deployment to
usage was slow.
Due to developer from India: The
internet connectivity was slow and
thus during deployment the
development meet many issues
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Conclusion
• Problems in rural livelihoods can be solved by ICT.
– But to implement ICT we have to find the right technology
that can be accessed by the users.
• Rural people are facing a digital divide,
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do not have infrastructure (network, PC etc.,),
Appropriate information systems (web, software etc.,)
Lack of relevant content.
Lack of computer literacy etc.,
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Thanks for your attention
Any questions welcome
Contact me at [email protected]
www.infocon.mn
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