Empowering farmers through market information: Testing commercial viability

About this project

This project aims to improve smallholder farmers' access to timely market information, addressing the challenge of limited resources for informed decision-making on prices and input costs. By implementing a voice-based market information service, farmers will receive real-time data through a simple, easy-to-use hotline system.Using Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology, the service will deliver market prices and input costs directly to farmers, regardless of literacy levels. The market information data will be sourced from the national Agri-Market Monitoring System, developed by IFPRI and funded by the Netherlands Embassy to Sudan. The project will also evaluate the service’s impact on farmers' knowledge and decision-making, ensuring it meets their needs and improves market behavior. Additionally, the project will test whether the service can be commercially viable and financially sustainable in the long term.

Published by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency · Government

Countries

Sudan

Sectors

Agricultural services

Focus

Trade development · Main focus

Funded by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Implemented by

Viamo Inc. – Canada

Accountable

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Published by Netherlands Enterprise Agency to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 22 Jun 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27378529-PST26SD01.

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