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)

Main DI webpage

Link to Digital village

Link to Digital solution