Study on potentials of mobile phones in investment and development projects
This study is one of the results of the “Sustainable Livelihood Development Project” being implemented in Kenya by the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) under FAO funding. The project has developed a mobile phone based monitoring system, which provides a number of key services, including real time reporting of the performance of the Livelihood Farmer Field Schools (LFFS) and LFFS facilitators. The system is designed in such a way that data is sent by mobile phone to a web-based database that automat ically processes and aggregates the summary data for presentation through the project’s web-site. The mobile phone system is also being used to issue rapid payments to field staff for travel expenses and by investment groups for repayment of loans received through the project. Mobile phones are increasingly used in development projects and the technology is opening up new possibilities for the management of project field activities in general. The project’s mobile phone-based LFFS monitoring system and the use of the Equity Bank’s mobile phone banking system have proven the potential of mobile phones. In light of the success of the project, the Investment Centre, which is providing technical assistance to the KFS, has examined current knowledge on the use of such technology, as well as its future potentials, through a study of relevant experience concerning practical cases. The Investment Centre hopes that this study will be useful for future agriculture/rural development projects. .
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| Format: | Document biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/AT664E http://www.fao.org/3/a-at664e.pdf |
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