Farmers Associations and ICT

Kenya Coffee Producers Association required an open source management information system for computerizing Kenyan coffee cooperatives. We have developed for them an opensource MIS called CoopWorks (Ver 4.0), and did their website afresh with a content management system. Their choice of Flametree is a strong statement of our foothold in the ICT field in agriculture.

e-Council: on-line services for your Council

With good support from the MoLG we held a successful Seminar on ICT for Councils on September 3rd 2010. When local authorities in the country decided to Computerise, an experienced partner who would hold their hands firmly was needed. Flametree was that hand.

2nd World Congress of Agroforestry

The Worldagroforestry Congress needed a congress website and an online platform for Scientists world over to review abstracts in preparation for an international Congress held in August 2009. Flametree built a robust Congress paper workflow management solution and a congress website with a content management system.

Increasing Competitiveness in SBOS through ICT

Funded by Land O Lakes through USAID funding is being implemented by the Kenya Dairy Sector Competitiveness Program (KDSCP) aimed at increased incomes of small-holder dairy farmers. ICT has a direct role in enhancing small-holder farmers net pay. It helps producers associations manage costs and business performance.

The CoopWorks system that is being used in the programme warns management against pegging...

Computerization for agricultural co-operatives

CoopAfrica is a regional technical cooperation programme supporting the Cooperative Movement in Africa. Its purpose is to grant support to cooperative societies through training and capacity development in ICT. The partners include the Cooperative College of Kenya, Kenya National Federation of Cooperatives and the ...

GIS for County Council of Makueni

County Council of Makueni (CCM) - is a national champion in the Kenyan local government system in using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in service delivery and for development promotion. CCM is the first Local Authority to establish a Geographic Information System (GIS) service for the Council and its stakeholders. CCM has recognized that Local Authorities all over the world are using GIS.

CoopWorks V4.0 - Computer System for Farmer Associations

CoopWorks, a member MIS for has been integrated with digital weighing scales and an electronic member cards to boost trasparency and accountability in farmer producer coops. It is an open source with no license fee requirements with integrated digital scales and electronic member cards.

eSchoolPlan

eSchoolPlan® combines the latest in technology to provide a web based school management system with support of SMS service and email facilities. It has all the modules that school administrators need and teachers integrated in one system. eSchoolPlan contains library, administration, fees management, payroll, HRM, accounting, examination, electronic student ID cards among other modules.

Submitted by ropkiplagat on Mon, 12/14/2009 - 10:50

Coffee and dairy farmers associations will have a go at ICT on 16th December 2009. On this day the new edition of CoopWorks will be launch at a big event at the Co-operative Bank of Kenya Training Centre in Nairobi. Partners include the Co-operative College of Kenya and the Kenya National Federation of Cooperatives (KNFC). The big question is: will farmer producers associations and co-operatives embrace computerization now? Are they ready to join the information society? The Kenyan government is pushing them: the new Strategic Plan for the Ministry of Cooperative Development and Marketing (2008-2012) highlights ICT as a way to modernize the co-ops. But will they be satisfied to be able to get reliable service from ICT firms, even as they are far from Nairobi? What experiences do you have with rural based farmer co-ops and ICT?

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conservative management and steep learning curve

Submitted by Catherine Mwangi (not verified) on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 22:34.

ICT in commodity based co-operatives has been hampered by a conservative culture and steep learning curve for computerization. The programme Computerization Support Services for Agricultural Co-operative Societies seeks to break this circle. A powerful group of organizations supports this programme: Co-operative Bank of Kenya http://www.co-opbank.co.ke, Co-operative College of Kenya http://www.cooperative.ac.ke, Kenya National Federation of Co-operatives http://www.knfc.co.ke, Kenya Coffee Producers Association http://www.kcpa.or.ke, International Labour Organization (UN) http://www.ilo.org/coopafrica and Flametree Systems Engineering http://www.flametree-systems.co.ke. All partners in the consortium have wide experience in supporting management and innovation in the co-operative movement. All partners have seen that a major effort in awareness and training is required to support over-due modernization. The new Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing (http://www.cooperative.go.ke/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&g...) launched early this month recognizes ICT as a major factor for improving governance at the co-ops. The programme builds on the CoopWorks project (http://coopworks.co.ke): license-free management software for agricultural co-ops, under continuous development at Flametree Systems Engineering Ltd. New ICT training courses will be offered to rural co-ops from early next year onward. Regional trainings are planned from early 2010, with support by regional ICT service providers.

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ICT in Local Government

The project e - Council - www.ecouncil.or.ke is a public-private partnership undertaking to enable municipal councils to introduce electronic services into their council operations to benefit residents, other stakeholders like investors, tourists and visitors and municipal staff.