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ICT for knowledge sharing and enabling supply chain for green produce and
products
Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya
Structure:
Context
ICT Examples
Knowledge Sharing
Case for supply chain for green produce and products: Opportunities & Issues
ICT: Information & Communication Technologies
What is it?
Any technology enabling communication and providing access to information
So what is this hue & cry about ICT for Development?
Efforts in the direction of enabling these technologies for “rural” development are classified under “ICT4D”
The have’s - have not divide
Digital Divide
(information haves & have not) assumed essentially
Computer literacy, Is the perception correct?
Digital Vs Knowledge Divide?
Digital Divide: The understatement is that computer education holds the key. But does it solves the problem and proposed dream to take “IT to Masses”
May be not, then
Knowledge Divide: Coming of knowledge society and making of information a commodity. Knowledge Management is the key for business, household, agriculture, conservation and sustainability. So does peoples knowledge count?
The fundamental question: Do we actually need ICT ?
Lets answer this in the perspective of the assumed issues to enable an ICT based model. So what are these issues?
Issues:
Connectivity
Low cost Computer for Masses
Sustainability
Computer Education
E-Governance
How does ICT really helps: Is it helping communities right now?
The moot question in front of us is whether it can really help. Many models are working through out the world. We shall see some example to broaden the context… but before that we should see….
Objectively where it could be used:
Information Dissemination (websites, newspaper, mass-media)
Information Collection (databases, softwares, systems)
Information Management (data processing, analysis, extracting)
In turn allowing:
Effective and quick communication
Systems Management
Information & Services outreach
So again…. What are the real issues?
Our understanding of issues:
Localised Need
Connectivity
Language
Literacy (UI)
Community Ownership (Sustainability)
SRISTI: Gyan Manthan Kendra, Gujarat
The Honey Bee Network has been working for the last fifteen years documenting local knowledge and innovations of grassroots innovators and traditional knowledge experts, adding value to traditional community-based knowledge systems.
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The network emphasizes that the knowledge of the people should reach them in their own language, and aims to facilitate knowledge exchange across languages, cultures and continents.
Creation of an online, multi-lingual database that facilitates this process of information exchange and dissemination.http://www.sristi.org/gmk.html
Lets see some examples where we derive some learning:
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MSSRF: Information Village ProjectPondicherry
Community Learning Centers
Connectivity: WirelessLocal Needs: ServicesCommunication: EnabledLanguage: Local
http://www.mssrf.res.in
Examples continued…..
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DRISHTEE Network for flow of Information, Services & Goods
Current model based on limited offering of government services
Planned model would leverage network created for government services for flow of information goods, etc
Villagers Village kiosks
Aggregated requests and information
Request information
and services
Communication• Responses• Documents• Licenses, etc.
Services
Government
Villagers
Information, services, goods,
money
Government
BusinessInformation
providerCustomer information,
money, inputs
Information, labor, money,
requests
Content• Health• Education• Agriculture• Local, etc
Aggregation of local content
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Examples continued…..
Government
Infrastructure providers
Corporate operating in rural arease-Service providers
Communities/markets
GovernmentNGOs
Business
Delivery network
Network orchestrator
Villagekiosk
Regionalhub
Agro-business
FinanceConsumer products
Info
rmatio
n,
services,
money,
goods?
Hardware,software,connectivity
Policy,funding schemes
Policy,funding
e-Gove
rnan
ce
initi
ativ
es
Information
services
New business
services
Examples continued…..
…delivery network at the core of stakeholders
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How can community benefit from ICT
Perceived Need Vs Existing Scope
Scope
Networking “Community Networks”
Visibility - for information sharing, marketing, investment
Dissemination
Documentation
Information Management
Systems Management - Knowledge Management System, Decision Support System, Management Information System
Services Delivery (in & out) - E-Commerce, E-Governance, Market Information, Supply Chain
Road Blocks?
The major ones are:
Technical & others
Language
Content (Documentation)
Sharing (Affordability)
Accessibility (Connectivity, Literacy /UI - Hardware & software)
Policy & systems:
Laws/system not supporting openness in information sharing
Technology bound in legal framework, restricting usage
Administration not ready to decentralise
How to over come the blocks?
Freedom of Knowledge Sharing - Internet - WWW
Development of inexpensive technology: Collaboration
Freedom of propagation of technology
Building localised solutions - Local Language support
Developing localised content
Increase accessibility - Bandwidth & UI Peoples computer
Enable existing systems
Network networks
Advocacy at policy level to change laws restricting usage of technology and enabling information sharing
Knowledge Sharing:
Best Practices
New Technology
Forecasting
Feedback and advice
Market Information
Consider few cases.…in context of opportunities that exists and major issues
ITC e-chaupals
Netherlands Flower market
Margin Free Markets
Case for supply chain for green produce and products: Opportunities & Issues
Opportunities:
Largest Public Distribution System in the worldLargest Procurement systemSingle largest buyer of agri produceIssue: Huge losses in operations & distribution
Growing demand for Green/organic produceMore opportunities in export/ more active playersMore credit/insurance availabilityIssue: Non existent sustained supply from industry perspective (quality being major issue) and non existent demand from producers perspective (no channel to access good market)
Other issues lack of technology usageSo called outreach of agri-culture labs weaning outLack of management & technical support to the sectorLack of farm management support to farmers to balance between cash crops & regular crops - e.g. medicinal plant sector
Supply chain opportunities & issues:
