Digital Solution
SMS based surveillance on animal disease

country 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)

Main DS webpage

Other useful link

DS links to Government programmes, initiatives, and projects

DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes