Kenya, Sub-Saharan Africa  Show on interactive map

Pride Africa

IDRC

Julius Nyangaga

DrumNet

To establish and support a GSM enabled Information, Communication and Transaction System for Small Holder Sunflower Farmers in Kenya

To establish a cordial and beneficial relationship among all value chain or supply chain actors using the GSM communication partners for sunflower production, processing and marketing.

It helped the identification of key boundary partners, and the use of progress reports was particularly useful for useful for mid and end-term project.

Planning, Evaluation

Despite an overall positive experience, OM training not sufficiently implemented. Journals were not used because stakeholders (boundary partners) were not willing to write progress and provide other info on them. The consultant used telephone and face-to-face meeting interviews and FGDs to track and update progress. Boundary partners also provided comprehensive information well structured face-to-face mid and end-term meetings.