EDG has been contracted to develop and establish a Monitoring and Evaluation and Management Information System for the Agribusiness Development Component of the Smallholder Enterprise and Marketing programme (SHEMP). SHEMP represent the Government of Zambia’s response to improving the marketing environment of smallholder farmers through strengthening linkages with the private sector farming and marketing enterprises.

One of the most interesting elements of this program is their innovative approach in providing up to date and correct price information to farmers for their commodities using Short Messaging System (SMS). Farmers in Zambia can now send a text message requesting the price of a commodity they are selling and get an immediate response indicating the best price in their area and the contact details of the traders buying the commodity at that price.

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