Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture in Bangladesh Using ICT by SACAW

I have incorporated the relevant information under these observation of judges in What action do you propose section. The actions are changed lucidly. I have incorporated that I will cooperate with CEGIS and SRDI for developing the software along with project expert. I have also incorporated information relating to linking software with farmers. The KTK would be linked to the local mobile operator to launch the system. The focus of all activities is to upscale the target group on the soil health, soil management, balanced use of fertilizer, identification of quality fertilizers and seeds, rational use of water resources, suitable crop selection, capacity building and awareness raising of farmers. KTK will receive related information from customized software as viable voice and text message. It will deliver a message to the member farmer’s regular basis. On the other hand, farmers will receive a message from KTK through a phone call or text message whatever they need. The KTK manager/operator will deliver message in each day in relating to crop and climate specific information towards the target farmers.The cost in developing software has given in the budget section. In Bangladesh most of the farmers are using cellular phone which is viable to internet using. On the other hand, at present cellular phone is low cost product. We will select those farmers who uses cellular phone 3. How will you recruit the multiple partners that you mention? In the "who will take these action" section you list a large number of important research and governmental agencies. How will you secure their participation? How will you coordinate a collaboration between such a large group of institutional partners? A project management committee would be formed adopting members from the key actors to run the project smoothly and properly. The committee will sit together in each month to update the field operation and implementation, developing guideline and mode of operation etc.We have already have a strong research and implementation cooperation with these agencies. There will be a project leader who is climate change, agriculture and ICT as well as model development expert. On the other hand, I will also hire an Model development expert who will work for software development, testing and releasing. There will be two field researcher who will collect data and analyze. There will be two KTK manager/operate who will operate KTK. deliver message towards farmers. The project cost is 14500 USD in where Centre establishment cost is 3000 USD (two KTK as well as information center would be established in the project location which will includes office rent, logistic support, furniture etc.); ICT instruments and center management-operation cost is 2000 USD (It includes computers, printers, internet facility charge, KTK manager/operator salary); Farmers training and group management cost is 1500 USD (In the project area four farmers group would be formed containing members of 25, each group would be trained for 3 days residential mode. In each month, two group management and contingency planning meeting would be organized for the groups); software developing, testing, and releasing cost is 2000 USD (Expert honorarium); information collection, analysis and message preparation cost is 2000 USD (primary and secondary information collection cost, primary information would be collected recruiting field enumerators, secondary information would be bought from relevant agenmcies including SRDI, BMD etc.)); travel, coordination meeting cost is 2000 USD (In each month, a coordination meeting would be organized with project management committee) and honorarium for researcher is 2000 USD.