[kictanet] Commodity Exchange Platform

[Brian L]

Hi Aki,

Have you taken a look at www.kacekenya.co.ke
They even run a very neat call center on asterisk.




On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:02 AM, aki <aki275 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Listers,
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> I've had a read of many articles just on this subject as I go dig in deeper
> into the agri-engineering aspects and have these questions. If anyone could
> provide more information, It may just set the process rolling in the long
> term and is very much appreciated.
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> 1) Why has such an exchange not been implemented so far? Has this got
> anything to do with liberalization of the Agri-Marketing sector?
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> 2) In ICT, it is possible to create many systems to perform core functions
> and provide services as platforms. How does the process really work at
> ground level?
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> 3) The concept of the exchange is based on seller/buyer and possibly
> futures. Does it then mean there will be a need for trading floors, phone
> based working in parallel with ICT?
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> 4) What would limit farmers from using the commodity exchange?
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> 5) Are there still regulations that prevent the growth of a commodity
> exchange?
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> 6) What is ailing the agriculture sector? Is it bad infrastructure, bad
> politics, lack of markets, brokers, expensive or un-informed farm inputs or
> are there other factors too?
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> 7) Is there a will or drive for farmers/societies to use ICT to improve on
> trading and awareness? This would mean moving away from the 160 character
> sms because it is too limiting.
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> Thank you for your time.
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> Rgds.
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