Resource Library

The Resource Library serves as a broad resource hub, including over 1000 documents, training materials, wikis, and curated reports to increase readers' awareness, understanding, and proficiency of several topics in market systems development. Users have access to proposals, evaluation materials, and USAID policy updates, as well as training modules and wikis to boost skills and knowledge.

These resources are bolstered by the inclusion of curated USAID reports published on the USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) which serves as a repository of reports from completed or ongoing USAID development projects around the globe. The full USAID Development Clearinghouse website can be accessed here.

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ICT and AG Profile: Nutrient Manager for Rice

The Nutrient Manager for Rice (NMR) is a decision support tool that includes both web-based and mobile applications providing personalized fertilizer guidelines for small-scale rice farmers or extension workers.

ICT and AG Profile: Mace Foods' M-Pesa

M-Pesa allows customers to deposit and withdraw money, transfer money to other users and non-users, pay bills, and purchase airtime, all through a network of agents that includes airtime resellers and retail outlets acting as banking agents.

ICT and AG Profile: Kilimo Salama

Kilimo Salama—which means “safe farming” in Kiswahili—offers smallholder farmers access to micro-insurance against either drought or excessive rains.

ICT and AG Profile: MoBiashara

Mobile platform enables farmers in Nigeria to purchase goods and services directly via their phone using SMS, interactive voice response (IVR), or mobile web.

ICT and AG Profile: MarketMaker

MarketMaker is an interactive mapping system that provides a link between producers and consumers by locating agricultural businesses and products in participating states.

ICT and AG Profile: Awaaz.De

Awaaz.De is a participatory, voice-based, and open-source platform that functions as a voice message board and information service and is currently being used in India for a number of agricultural purposes.

ICT and AG Profile: DataDyne

Mobile Information Platform uses outbound SMS messaging to provide farmers with timely and localized agricultural information.

VEGA Tourism Qualifications

VEGA and its members have long recognized the potential of tourism as key to economic growth in developing countries and are actively working on programs using an integrated cross-sectoral approach to sustainable tourism.