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Catholic Relief Services Farmbook

Catholic Relief Services Farmbook. Name : Shaun Ferris, Suzanne Andrews, Vipin Gupta, Vijay Singh, Kevin Raymond Email : shaun.ferris@crs.org Company size : CRS is working in nearly 100 countries Years of service : since 1943 years

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Catholic Relief Services Farmbook

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  1. Catholic Relief Services Farmbook Name: Shaun Ferris, Suzanne Andrews, Vipin Gupta, Vijay Singh, Kevin Raymond Email: shaun.ferris@crs.org Company size : CRS is working in nearly 100 countries Years of service: since 1943 years Non profit, 4000+ employees and major local partner network

  2. Challenge in our enterprise work • No data on farmer investment levels • No costs of production data • No profit information • No standardized market training • No tools – on/ offline • No business advice deployment process

  3. Farmbook Capabilities

  4. Farmbooktoolkit within a project Dimagi Track and Map

  5. Farmbook is deployed with marketing E-learning process

  6. Monitoring Distance Learning

  7. Registration To begin, you will get to know the Mshika farmer group and register its members. Click here to start!

  8. Register beneficiaries Unique identifier Number

  9. Register Farmer Groups Once you have registered all members of a farmer group into their households, you need to register farmers as a farmer group. Click here to start!

  10. Enter Farmer information • After registering your farmer group, enter the total land holdings for each registered farmer.

  11. Create a Business Plan Click here to start!

  12. Business Model Canvas Before getting started, Agnes sat down with the farmers to explain the concept of a business plan. She shared an example Business Model Canvas to demonstrate how each part of the business plan fits together. Visualizing the parts of a business plan helped the farmers to understand how a business plan is built from basic parts.

  13. Write the Plan with farmers

  14. Profit analysis with farmers Click here to start!

  15. Profitability Assessment with farmers

  16. Farmer Group Example Data Set

  17. Recording Sales

  18. Local Reports Review data on the local database from the reports section Click here to start!

  19. View Local Reports Click here to get Farmer Reports

  20. Synchronizing Information When you complete beneficiary registration, it is now time to sync your first set of data. All information captured on the Farmbook Client (i.e. netbook) must be uploaded to Farmbook Central in order for the information to be aggregated so that Super Users and other CRS stakeholders can view the information collected. Click here to start!

  21. Synchronize Information Data synching should be done every time an FA has internet access after a new set of data is entered. Click here to change the language Click here to synchronize the data with Farmbook Central

  22. Accessing data on Farmbook Central • Review data from all field agents through Farmbook Central: https://farmbook-qa.crs.org/central/

  23. View Reports in Farmbook Central When the field agents have synchronized their data to the Farmbook central database, you will be able to check the data here. Click here to start!

  24. Support Model • email local Super User and your local IT Staff. • Send a ticket to the CRS Helpdesk at helpdesk@crs.org • In your helpdesk email outline problem and wait to be contacted by your support staff.

  25. Where is Farmbook being deployed Within CRS • Zimbabwe • Zambia • Madagascar • Malawi Next steps • Tanzania • Philippines • India External to CRS • Serbia USDA Min of Ag Next steps • Bangladesh - BIID • Kenya - Min of Ag

  26. Revenue: Non profit beta version being tested Farmbook training – Free registration to pilot test Farmbook production = $5 per user / year Establishment costs: Depends on the scale of deployment Product sustainability: based on demand from….. internal market, CRS project portfolio partner market, external market Long term business model: SaaS through private company Business Model

  27. Data management and Jobs • Logs the farmers engaged • Provides a wealth ranking • Development of business plans for farmers • Data on investments and profits of crops • Data over products, space and time. • New employment opportunities • Link to Private sector Service Providers

  28. Visit the Website.. www.farm-book.biz Send us an email Sign up for an account…… Get started… on Farmbook Training Get support for Farmbook Production Email: shaun.ferris@crs.org / suzanne.andrews@crs.org Working with you!

  29. Thank you Questions…

  30. Current management and information structures Project manager Theme managers Nutrition Gender Finance, productivity, marketing CRS Project Field staff Project staff Project staff Project staff Project staff Project staff Local Partners Partner Staff Partner Staff Partner Staff Partner Staff Partner Staff Partner Staff Partner Staff Partner Staff Field Extension Agents 200 + Farmer Groups 5000 +

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