Projet d’Appui au Système d’Information Décentralisé du Marché Agricole (PASIDMA) / Mali Market Information Support Project [a Food Security Project]

In cooperation with the Assemblée Permanente des Chambres d’Agriculture du Mali, this project and a predecessor project helped the Malian government to create and strengthen an agricultural and food marketing information system in Mali to help farmers know where and when to sell their products at the best possible prices. The project also carried out analysis to strengthen food policy analysis in Mali. A solar-powered computer network was created that links local market information system offices through e-mail sent over high-frequency radio. In June 2004, the project was nominated as one of eight finalists for the Petersberg Prize by the Development Gateway Foundation for the most exemplary use of information/communication technology for development over the past decade.

MSU faculty involved in the project: John Staatz (Agricultural Economics), Niama Nango Dembélé (Agricultural Economics), and Valerie Kelly (Agricultural Economics)

Categories: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Rural Development, Farming, Market / Marketing, Policy

Countries: Mali

Partners: Assemblee Permanente des Chambres d'Agriculture du Mali

Funding years: 1989 — 2003

Project years: 1989 — 2004