SMS based surveillance on animal disease
Papua New Guinea
National Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection Authority (NAQIA), PNG has been utilising the mobile SMS technology to share reports on sick and dead animals around the country. Quarantine officers and other provincially based livestock officers can report to NAQIA on animal disease in real time from anywhere. This mobile phone SMS platform has proved to be an innovative approach to share information and communicate in real time on quarantine matters, particularly animal disease.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Livestock management & animal health, Pest and disease management
Delivery type (format)
SMS services / Voice messaging
DS supplier-user category
Government to business
Government to government
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Government agency
Name of supplier/developer
National Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection Authority (NAQIA)
Primary Users
Farmers , Extension agents
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (broad use use locally)
Number of users or subscribers
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Digital Solution Geographic scope
All over PNG
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes