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smart ERP platform is helping various agricultural industry sub-verticals as a comprehensive Agriculture management system and it is undoubtedly a best farm accounting software platform available around the globe.
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This document describes an educational and trade mobile app called CharbaKG for farmers in Kyrgyzstan. It aims to address top issues farmers face like market risks, lack of experience sharing, intuition-based growing processes, and inability to sell or export products. The app will share farming experiences and data, provide applied agricultural science tips, guide on growing and agro business management, and connect farmers, investors and exporters. It analyzes similar farming apps and notes that most farms are in Asia. The app will allow farmers to access information, collect data, and forecast profits to support agro success.
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From Smallholder Challenge to Agritech Solution; A short presentation� to get attention of Innovators to look at Issues affecting 3 Billion people around the world.
Milk Makes People Great
About Acre Africa
Agricultural Risks
Why Dairy Insurance
Challenges
Way Forward
We are a micro-insurance product designer linking stakeholders in the agricultural sector to insurance products through localized solutions that reduce climate-associated risk.
We operate as an insurance intermediary – an organization that is not an insurance company, but rather working with local insurers and other stakeholders in the agricultural insurance value chain.
We are a registered insurance surveyor in Kenya, an insurance agent in Rwanda, with registration on-going in Tanzania.
We have 24 staff members from diverse professional fields such as Insurance, Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Actuarial Science, Marketing and Finance
The Brussels Development Briefing n.45 on the subject of “Smart and Affordable farming solutions for Africa: the next driver for agricultural transformation” was held in Brussels at 09:00-13:00 on 13th July 2016 at the Albert Borschette Congress Center, Room 1.A (Rue Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels). This Briefing was organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with the European Commission, the the European Commission / DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD, CEMA, Agricord and the PanAfrican Farmer’s Organisation (PAFO).
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Presented in March 2015 at an international meetings in Montpellier, France, under the auspices of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change and Food Securtiy (CCAFS)
smart ERP platform is helping various agricultural industry sub-verticals as a comprehensive Agriculture management system and it is undoubtedly a best farm accounting software platform available around the globe.
FarmERP helps establish complete control over these important parameters. FarmERP is most comprehensive and advanced ERP software platform which supports business to connect to large number of farmers over scattered geographies.
This document describes an educational and trade mobile app called CharbaKG for farmers in Kyrgyzstan. It aims to address top issues farmers face like market risks, lack of experience sharing, intuition-based growing processes, and inability to sell or export products. The app will share farming experiences and data, provide applied agricultural science tips, guide on growing and agro business management, and connect farmers, investors and exporters. It analyzes similar farming apps and notes that most farms are in Asia. The app will allow farmers to access information, collect data, and forecast profits to support agro success.
Small Holding Farmer Agriculture: AgriThon 2015Akash Bhavsar
From Smallholder Challenge to Agritech Solution; A short presentation� to get attention of Innovators to look at Issues affecting 3 Billion people around the world.
Milk Makes People Great
About Acre Africa
Agricultural Risks
Why Dairy Insurance
Challenges
Way Forward
We are a micro-insurance product designer linking stakeholders in the agricultural sector to insurance products through localized solutions that reduce climate-associated risk.
We operate as an insurance intermediary – an organization that is not an insurance company, but rather working with local insurers and other stakeholders in the agricultural insurance value chain.
We are a registered insurance surveyor in Kenya, an insurance agent in Rwanda, with registration on-going in Tanzania.
We have 24 staff members from diverse professional fields such as Insurance, Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Actuarial Science, Marketing and Finance
The Brussels Development Briefing n.45 on the subject of “Smart and Affordable farming solutions for Africa: the next driver for agricultural transformation” was held in Brussels at 09:00-13:00 on 13th July 2016 at the Albert Borschette Congress Center, Room 1.A (Rue Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels). This Briefing was organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with the European Commission, the the European Commission / DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD, CEMA, Agricord and the PanAfrican Farmer’s Organisation (PAFO).
This document summarizes the IITA Board Meeting that took place from 9-14 November 2016 in Ibadan, Nigeria. It discusses IITA's repositioning efforts over the past 5 years, which has led to increased funding, infrastructure upgrades, improved staff morale, and scientific breakthroughs. It outlines IITA's strategic priorities and organizational restructuring for its second 5-year term from 2017-2021 to further consolidate growth, innovation, and impact through initiatives like TAAT and the ENABLE Youth in Agribusiness program. Key challenges mentioned are responding to African needs, improving result delivery and operational efficiency while maintaining high quality research.
A business approach to poverty reduction: CSA and index insurance - H. Great...CIMMYT
Presented in March 2015 at an international meetings in Montpellier, France, under the auspices of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change and Food Securtiy (CCAFS)
The document discusses transaction processing systems (TPS), including what they are, their history and uses. Some key points:
- TPS are systems used to record, store and manage data about business transactions like orders, payments, inventory etc.
- One of the first major TPS was SABRE, installed by IBM for American Airlines in 1960 to automate flight reservations.
- TPS are crucial for businesses of all sizes, ensuring accurate record keeping and enabling important decisions. They provide benefits like reduced errors, faster processing and standardized data handling.
Transaction processing systems (TPS) perform routine business operations like processing customer orders, payments, and payroll. There are two types of TPS: batch processing, which accumulates transactions and processes them in batches, and online transaction processing (OLTP), which immediately processes each individual transaction in real-time. TPS ensure data integrity as transactions are completed, updating the relevant databases. The processing cycle involves inputting transaction data, maintaining databases, generating documents and reports, and allowing for inquiries. TPS provide operational support for core business functions.
This document discusses financial management systems and the types of financing available to businesses. It explains that financial management systems are used to input, analyze, and report financial data to help managers make decisions. The document then covers four main components of financial management systems: cash management, investment management, capital budgeting, and financial planning. It also discusses two major sources of financing for businesses - equity financing such as personal savings, home equity loans, venture capital, and IPOs, and debt financing like loans from banks, commercial lenders, bonds, and government programs.
Executive information systems (EIS) provide easy access to internal and external information relevant to meeting strategic organizational goals. EIS integrate data from various sources to summarize information executives find useful for decision-making. They allow drilling down from summaries to specific detail levels. EIS components include hardware, software, interfaces, and telecommunications to access distributed data. Advantages include timely delivery of summary information to support strategic decisions, while disadvantages include potential information overload and high implementation costs.
An expert system is a computer program that contains knowledge about a specific domain that allows it to solve problems or provide advice like a human expert. Expert systems are made up of a knowledge base, inference engine, and user interface. They are developed through knowledge engineering, which involves knowledge engineers working with domain experts to gather knowledge about a problem domain and represent it in a way that a computer can understand. Some key applications of expert systems include medical diagnosis, mineral prospecting, and configuring computer systems.
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The document provides an overview of management information systems (MIS). It defines key concepts such as data, information, and systems. It explains that an MIS is a system for collecting, processing, storing, and distributing data to managers within an organization. The main outputs of an MIS are scheduled reports, key indicator reports, demand reports, and exception reports. These help managers monitor performance and make decisions. Overall, the document serves as an introduction to MIS, covering essential elements like the relationship between data, information, and systems.
The document discusses different types of information systems used in organizations, including transaction processing systems, management information systems, decision support systems, executive support systems, and knowledge work systems. It describes how these systems integrate functions and business processes across departments like finance, human resources, manufacturing, and sales.
ICRISAT Global Planning Meeting 2019:Research Program - Innovation Systems fo...ICRISAT
The Innovation Systems for the Drylands (ISD) program at ICRISAT aims to create and share knowledge to support profitable, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems at scale. ISD takes a systems approach and works across several themes including agribusiness, climate-smart agriculture, digital agriculture, markets and institutions, and nutrition. The document outlines the goals and approaches within each theme.
Big Expectations for Big Data - Grigoris Chatzikostas - Brussels 17.11.2017Grigoris Chatzikostas
Big Expectations from Big Data
REFLECTIONS FROM INTERACTING WITH STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE EUROPEAN AGRIFOOD VALUE CHAIN
Digitising agriculture and food value chains
Research and innovation delivering on EU policy objectives
Friday 17 November – Charlemagne building
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This document provides an introduction and overview of a participatory guide for designing business models that link smallholder farmers to markets. It was created by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture to help strengthen inclusive and sustainable trading relationships. The guide contains tools and exercises to map value chains, design business models using a business model canvas, assess business models against principles of inclusiveness, and test business models through a prototype cycle. The goal is to help smallholder farmers engage more effectively with markets and ensure their needs and voices are recognized in business relationships. The document emphasizes how agriculture can significantly reduce poverty by creating livelihoods and jobs for many in rural areas worldwide.
The document discusses the role of technical assistance (TA) in lending to smallholder farmers. It proposes establishing a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to provide TA services as a way to mitigate risk for lenders and improve efficiency. The SPV would act as a virtual broker, bundling input, production, and market services and sharing timely information with farmers, lenders, and buyers to facilitate partnerships along the agricultural value chain. By improving transparency and reducing transaction costs, the SPV could help increase access to credit for smallholder farmers.
This document discusses the historical context of agricultural development in India and the need for a new paradigm. It outlines some of the key issues with the previous system such as declining growth rates, falling water tables, and increased dependence on imports. A new framework is proposed that is driven by market demand and links research, farmers, and the private sector. The Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) model is presented as a way to decentralize extension and diversify agriculture in a market-driven way. Some of the key elements of the ATMA model include organizing farmers groups, linking farmers to new markets through contract farming, and taking a bottom-up approach to extension planning. The document analyzes data that shows how the ATMA model has
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Macadamia nut production create the new middle classCraige Williams
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- Smallholder farmers make up over 85% of farmers in India but face challenges in marketing their produce profitably. Integrating them into markets is important for their livelihoods and agricultural development.
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This document summarizes the proceedings of a brainstorming workshop organized to discuss approaches for linking smallholder farmers to markets in order to promote inclusive growth.
The workshop consisted of two sessions. The first included presentations on the role of price policy, building farmers' institutions, private sector initiatives, and financing agricultural value chains. The second session involved discussions on successful models for linking farmers to markets through contract farming and the prospects of producer companies and self-help groups.
Key recommendations included the need to improve market infrastructure, information systems, food safety standards, and risk management tools to better integrate smallholders in agricultural value chains. Case studies on innovative models were seen as important to quantify their impacts and potential for scaling up.
The document discusses transaction processing systems (TPS), including what they are, their history and uses. Some key points:
- TPS are systems used to record, store and manage data about business transactions like orders, payments, inventory etc.
- One of the first major TPS was SABRE, installed by IBM for American Airlines in 1960 to automate flight reservations.
- TPS are crucial for businesses of all sizes, ensuring accurate record keeping and enabling important decisions. They provide benefits like reduced errors, faster processing and standardized data handling.
Transaction processing systems (TPS) perform routine business operations like processing customer orders, payments, and payroll. There are two types of TPS: batch processing, which accumulates transactions and processes them in batches, and online transaction processing (OLTP), which immediately processes each individual transaction in real-time. TPS ensure data integrity as transactions are completed, updating the relevant databases. The processing cycle involves inputting transaction data, maintaining databases, generating documents and reports, and allowing for inquiries. TPS provide operational support for core business functions.
This document discusses financial management systems and the types of financing available to businesses. It explains that financial management systems are used to input, analyze, and report financial data to help managers make decisions. The document then covers four main components of financial management systems: cash management, investment management, capital budgeting, and financial planning. It also discusses two major sources of financing for businesses - equity financing such as personal savings, home equity loans, venture capital, and IPOs, and debt financing like loans from banks, commercial lenders, bonds, and government programs.
Executive information systems (EIS) provide easy access to internal and external information relevant to meeting strategic organizational goals. EIS integrate data from various sources to summarize information executives find useful for decision-making. They allow drilling down from summaries to specific detail levels. EIS components include hardware, software, interfaces, and telecommunications to access distributed data. Advantages include timely delivery of summary information to support strategic decisions, while disadvantages include potential information overload and high implementation costs.
An expert system is a computer program that contains knowledge about a specific domain that allows it to solve problems or provide advice like a human expert. Expert systems are made up of a knowledge base, inference engine, and user interface. They are developed through knowledge engineering, which involves knowledge engineers working with domain experts to gather knowledge about a problem domain and represent it in a way that a computer can understand. Some key applications of expert systems include medical diagnosis, mineral prospecting, and configuring computer systems.
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The document provides an overview of management information systems (MIS). It defines key concepts such as data, information, and systems. It explains that an MIS is a system for collecting, processing, storing, and distributing data to managers within an organization. The main outputs of an MIS are scheduled reports, key indicator reports, demand reports, and exception reports. These help managers monitor performance and make decisions. Overall, the document serves as an introduction to MIS, covering essential elements like the relationship between data, information, and systems.
The document discusses different types of information systems used in organizations, including transaction processing systems, management information systems, decision support systems, executive support systems, and knowledge work systems. It describes how these systems integrate functions and business processes across departments like finance, human resources, manufacturing, and sales.
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Big Expectations for Big Data - Grigoris Chatzikostas - Brussels 17.11.2017Grigoris Chatzikostas
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REFLECTIONS FROM INTERACTING WITH STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE EUROPEAN AGRIFOOD VALUE CHAIN
Digitising agriculture and food value chains
Research and innovation delivering on EU policy objectives
Friday 17 November – Charlemagne building
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This document provides an introduction and overview of a participatory guide for designing business models that link smallholder farmers to markets. It was created by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture to help strengthen inclusive and sustainable trading relationships. The guide contains tools and exercises to map value chains, design business models using a business model canvas, assess business models against principles of inclusiveness, and test business models through a prototype cycle. The goal is to help smallholder farmers engage more effectively with markets and ensure their needs and voices are recognized in business relationships. The document emphasizes how agriculture can significantly reduce poverty by creating livelihoods and jobs for many in rural areas worldwide.
The document discusses the role of technical assistance (TA) in lending to smallholder farmers. It proposes establishing a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to provide TA services as a way to mitigate risk for lenders and improve efficiency. The SPV would act as a virtual broker, bundling input, production, and market services and sharing timely information with farmers, lenders, and buyers to facilitate partnerships along the agricultural value chain. By improving transparency and reducing transaction costs, the SPV could help increase access to credit for smallholder farmers.
This document discusses the historical context of agricultural development in India and the need for a new paradigm. It outlines some of the key issues with the previous system such as declining growth rates, falling water tables, and increased dependence on imports. A new framework is proposed that is driven by market demand and links research, farmers, and the private sector. The Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) model is presented as a way to decentralize extension and diversify agriculture in a market-driven way. Some of the key elements of the ATMA model include organizing farmers groups, linking farmers to new markets through contract farming, and taking a bottom-up approach to extension planning. The document analyzes data that shows how the ATMA model has
This document proposes a program for livestock development in North East India. It summarizes that major organized livestock and poultry farming enterprises have not been very successful due to issues like inadequate entrepreneurial assessment, project planning, resource allocation, and input supply problems. It recommends changing the approach to promote low-input farming with indigenous animals, identify production belts, ensure biosecurity, improve input supply and marketing infrastructure, and develop entrepreneurship. The key needs of the sector include availability of high-yielding animals, streamlined input supply, technology transfer, improved veterinary services, reducing intervention costs, targeted extension programs, restructuring service delivery organizations, and developing regulatory policies and marketing support.
The document summarizes the vision, work, and themes of the Decision and Policy Analysis Program. The program uses spatial, economic, and institutional analysis to convert data into policy insights. It has teams working on impact assessment, ecosystem services, climate change impacts on agriculture, and ensuring equitable supply chains. Key work includes assessing impacts of research, identifying adaptation pathways to climate change, and providing guidelines for managing ecosystem services and markets.
This document discusses establishing a profitable and successful macadamia industry. It outlines advantages like being an easier crop to farm if certain principles are followed. A two-fold strategy is proposed involving a commercial agricultural unit and small-scale farmer development. Key challenges include scale, steady production increases, technical expertise requirements, and literacy/numeracy skills. An integrated incubation and technology packaging methodology is recommended to empower farmers and reduce challenges through a system that provides recommendations.
Macadamia nut production create the new middle classCraige Williams
This document discusses establishing a profitable and successful macadamia industry. It outlines advantages like intercropping opportunities and potential for production increases in countries like Australia, South Africa, and Hawaii. A two-fold strategy is proposed involving a commercial agricultural unit and small-scale farmer development. Key challenges include scale, production increases, technical expertise needs, and competing with subsidized international farmers. An integrated incubation and technology packaging methodology is recommended to empower farmers and reduce education and expertise barriers through a cloud-based system.
This document summarizes the proceedings of a brainstorming workshop organized to discuss approaches for linking smallholder farmers to markets in order to promote inclusive growth. Key points discussed include:
- Smallholder farmers make up over 85% of farmers in India but face challenges in marketing their produce profitably. Integrating them into markets is important for their livelihoods and agricultural development.
- The workshop included presentations on the role of price policy, building farmers' institutions, supply chain management, financing models, and the IMOD framework to enhance smallholder participation in markets.
- Recommendations focused on improving market infrastructure, facilitating direct buyer-seller links, increasing access to information, and promoting high-value crop cultivation
This document summarizes the proceedings of a brainstorming workshop organized to discuss approaches for linking smallholder farmers to markets in order to promote inclusive growth.
The workshop consisted of two sessions. The first included presentations on the role of price policy, building farmers' institutions, private sector initiatives, and financing agricultural value chains. The second session involved discussions on successful models for linking farmers to markets through contract farming and the prospects of producer companies and self-help groups.
Key recommendations included the need to improve market infrastructure, information systems, food safety standards, and risk management tools to better integrate smallholders in agricultural value chains. Case studies on innovative models were seen as important to quantify their impacts and potential for scaling up.
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RURAL HORIZONS AN EXPERT SYSTEM TO SUPPORT CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT OF FARMERS
1. RURAL HORIZONS
AN EXPERT SYSTEM TO
SUPPORT CONTINUAL
IMPROVEMENT OF
FARMERS
Harry van der Vliet
Programme Manager Soy and Livestock
Solidaridad - Brazil
2.
3. 3
WE ENVISION A WORLD IN WHICH
ALL WE PRODUCE AND ALL WE
CONSUME CAN SUSTAIN US,
WITH RESPECT FOR THE PLANET,
EACH OTHER AND THE NEXT
GENERATION
4. 4
WE BRING TOGETHER SUPPLY CHAIN
ACTORS, ENGAGE THEM IN INNOVATIVE
SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION,
ENSURING THE TRANSITION TO A
SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE ECONOMY
WHICH BRINGS BENEFIT TO ALL
8. WHY ?
HOW DOES IT WORK?
WHAT ?
RURAL HORIZONS
WHERE DO WE STAND?
9. NINE OUT OF TEN OF THE
WORLD'S 570 MILLION FARMS
ARE SMALL-SCALE PRODUCERS
9
RESPONSIBLE FOR 80% OF THE
WORLD’S FOOD PRODUCTION
10. 10
OPTIMIZING SMALL SCALE
PRODUCTION IS KEY TO SECURE
FOOD SUPPLY AND REDUCE
RURAL POVERTY
Food
security
Environmental
sustainability
Improved
livelihoods
11. SUPPORT EFFECTIVE CHANGE OF
SMALL SCALE PRODUCTION
SYSTEMS IS A MULTI-FACETTED
CHALLENGE
• High cost of technical assistance
• High diversity of farmers profiles
• Low level of organization
• Profusion of standards (legislation,
company codes, certifications, etc)
• Very little or no information on
sustainability performance
12. CERTIFICATION IS A DRIVER
BUT DOES NOT WORK
FOR ALL
12
Smallholders have a long way to go to reach compliance
With low premiums, direct market access is only
interesting for the big guys
Compliance without ownership of the process does not
stimulate continual improvement
Certification approach is much more based on buyers’
expectations than on farmers real needs
22. IT PROVIDES BUYING COMPANIES
WITH DETAILED DATA
TO ASSESS RISKS AND SUPPORT
A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH
TOWARDS HIGH QUALITY SUPPLY
23. IT IS AN EXPERT SYSTEM
TO STRUCTURE THE PROCESS OF
CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT
UNDERSTAND
CHALLENGES
IDENTIFY
PATH
ACCESS
SUPPORT
MATERIAL
PLAN
ADJUSTMENTS
MONITOR
PROGRESS
PREPARE
FOR
CERTIFICATION
24. AUTOMATED SOLUTIONS
AT INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
UNDERSTAND
CHALLENGES
IDENTIFY
PATH
ACCESS
SUPPORT
MATERIAL
PLAN
ADJUSTMENTS
MONITOR
PROGRESS
PREPARE
FOR
CERTIFICATION
SELF-
ASSESSMENT
GUIDE
INDIVIDUAL
ROADMAP
ACTION
PLAN
DIGITAL
LIBRARY
PROGRESS
REPORT
CHECKLIST
25. AUTOMATED SOLUTIONS
AT GROUP LEVEL
UNDERSTAND
CHALLENGES
IDENTIFY
PATH
ACCESS
SUPPORT
MATERIAL
PLAN
ADJUSTMENTS
MONITOR
PROGRESS
PREPARE
FOR
CERTIFICATION
GROUP
BENCHMARK
GROUP
AGENDA
GROUP
PROGRESS
REPORT
INTERNAL
CONTROL
SYSTEM
26. RURAL HORIZONS PROVIDES A
COST-EFFECTIVE, INCLUSIVE AND
SCALABLE FRAMEWORK FOR
CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT
27. RURAL HORIZONS IS ABOUT
INCLUSION
Producer friendly
Open to all farmers
Bottom up approach
28. RURAL HORIZONS IS ABOUT
ENGAGEMENT
Developed with associations
Confidentiality of individual data
Aggregated data shared with partners
29. RURAL HORIZONS IS ABOUT
CONTINUAL
IMPROVEMENT
Educative process
Multibenchmark
Race to the top
31. RURAL HORIZONS IS ABOUT
COST-
EFFECTIVENESS
Automated generation of roadmaps,
benchmarks & cost estimates
All services available online
Clear economies of scale with
increasing number of participants
32. WHY ?
HOW DOES IT WORK?
WHAT ?
RURAL HORIZONS
WHERE DO WE STAND?
33. AUTOMATED SOLUTIONS
AT INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
UNDERSTAND
CHALLENGES
IDENTIFY
PATH
ACCESS
SUPPORT
MATERIAL
PLAN
ADJUSTMENTS
MONITOR
PROGRESS
PREPARE
FOR
CERTIFICATION
SELF-
ASSESSMENT
GUIDE
INDIVIDUAL
ROADMAP
ACTION
PLAN
DIGITAL
LIBRARY
PROGRESS
REPORT
CHECKLIST
34. AUTOMATED SOLUTIONS
AT GROUP LEVEL
UNDERSTAND
CHALLENGES
IDENTIFY
PATH
ACCESS
SUPPORT
MATERIAL
PLAN
ADJUSTMENTS
MONITOR
PROGRESS
PREPARE
FOR
CERTIFICATION
GROUP
BENCHMARK
GROUP
WORK
PLAN
GROUP
PROGRESS
REPORT
INTERNAL
CONTROL
SYSTEM
35. UNDERSTAND CHALLENGES
SELF-ASSESSMENT GUIDE
COMPLETION TAKES AT MOST 2 HOURS
ONLINE AND PRINTED VERSION
ADAPTED LANGUAGE FOR FARMERS
DATA ARE NOT AUDITED
MUCH MORE THAN A QUESTIONNAIRE: A LEARNING TOOL
MULTIBENCHMARK
38. IDENTIFY PATH
INDIVIDUAL ROADMAP
GENERAL PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO PEER GROUP
GOOD PRACTICES AND MAIN CHALLENGES
LIST OF GAPS IN RELATION TO LAW AND CERTIFICATION STANDARD
RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADJUST PRODUCTION SYSTEM
39. IDENTIFY PATH
GROUP ANALYSIS
GROUP AND SUBGROUP AGGREGATED DATA
GROUP PERFORMANCE IN RELATION TO LAW AND CERTIFICATION
STANDARD
SETS THE AGENDA BY IDENTIFYING GAPS AND PRIORITIES
COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE WITH SPECIFIC FEATURES THAT
MAY EXPLAIN GAPS.
POTENTIAL TO BE USED AS A FIRST SET-UP OF AN INTERNAL
CONTROL SYSTEM (ICS)
3
40. PLAN ADJUSTMENTS
WORK PLAN
ENABLES FARMERS TO BUILD THE AGENDA, ESTIMATE COSTS, PLAN
AND MONITOR ADJUSTMENTS
ENABLES CALCULATION OF INVESTMENT
41. ACCESS SUPPORT MATERIAL
DIGITAL LIBRARY
MANUALS, VIDEOS, GUIDES, ETC
RELEVANT INFORMATION TO HELP FARMERS IMPLEMENT
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
OPEN LIBRARY (AVAILABLE FOR FARMERS, EXTENSIONISTS,
AUDITORS, ETC.)
42. MONITOR PROGRESS
PROGRESS REPORT
INDIVIDUAL LEVEL: ONLINE MONITORING OF INDIVIDUAL
PROGRESS COMPARED TO PEER GROUP
GROUP LEVEL: ONLINE PROGRESS MONITORING PER SUB
GROUP (REGIONS, PROFILES, ETC)
CALCULATION OF INVESTMENT MADE
43. PREPARE FOR CERTIFICATION
VERIFICATION MODULE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COVERING ALL CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS
ONLY FOR FARMERS CLOSE TO CERTIFICATION LEVEL
ENABLES AUTOMATED CALCULATION OF COMPLIANCE
PERCENTAGE
44. PREPARE FOR CERTIFICATION
INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR GROUP CERTIFICATION
ENABLES ARCHIVING AND CLASSIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS
REQUIRED FOR AUDIT
45. WHY ?
HOW DOES IT WORK?
WHAT ?
RURAL HORIZONS
WHERE DO WE STAND?