Electronic Voucher System for Cyclone Recovery
An innovative e-voucher system using mobile phone technology to deliver grants for rebuilding agricultural capacity in Samoa post Cyclone Evan. The vouchers can be used to purchase pre-approved items for farming and fishing, helping to boost income and agricultural production.
Lead (category)
Private-public partnership
Name of initiative lead (and partners)
Government of Samoa
Categories of Digital initiative deliverables
Specific ICT technology product and/or service delivery
ICT products/solutions and services by category
E-Government Services
Digital Agriculture
Non ICT products and services (deliverables)
Business and governance structure
Public-Private Partnership, Government-led initiative with World Bank funding and private sector (Digicel Samoa) technology support.
DI ICT-deliverables format
Mobile applications
Primary stakeholders (beneficiaries, actors, enablers)
Farmers
Fishermen
Size, scale or scope of primary stakeholders
Digital Initiative development Stage
Fully functional. Institutional-governance structure in place
Measurable impacts on primary stakeholders and target beneficiaries
Nearly 7,400 farmers and fishermen across Samoa. Boosted income, increased agricultural production, enhanced resilience of the agricultural sector.
Initiative geographic scope (or coverage) (national, regional, sector specific, specific user co-horts etc)
National
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
Link to Digital village
Link to Digital solution