1. Empowering organizations worldwide with collective intelligence
Empowering organizations worldwide with collective intelligence. The case of mSpray
Erick v. ngwiri
Director of client solutions – Ona
ICT4d 2017 Hyderabad, India

2. The problem
In 2015, approximately 302,220 children under-five died from malaria.
That’s 69% of the worldwide malaria mortality burden (WHO, 2015).
From a preventable disease… And this is still just an estimate!
An effective way of fighting malaria is through IRS
Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is the application of insecticide to the inside of dwellings, on walls and other surfaces that serve as a resting place for malaria- infected mosquitoes. IRS kills mosquitoes when they come in contact with treated surfaces, preventing disease transmission.

4. Challenges Difficult to accurately measure coverage
Success is measured at higher abstraction levels than required – districts not villages
Expensive – intervention needs to be specific. Can’t do blanket spraying
There is no systematic approach to targeting
Real-time data is not used to help manage the process

15. Innovation = Linking service delivery
to physical locations (each with a unique ID)

20. How this applies to agriculture?

21. Trace plot and add to OSM.
Plot is assigned a unique ID and acreage automatically calculated.
Plot #42564

22. 2. Agro dealer visits farm and uses smartphone to register the plot to the farmer.
Farmer: Martha Musoga
Mobile:

23. Hallo! I’ve planted Maize
3. Farmer sends an SMS to system to notify she has planted this season’s maize crop.
Plot #42564
Hallo! I’ve planted Maize

24. 4. Platform automatically recognizes the farmer’s number and updates the plot’s status
Farmer: Martha Musoga
Mobile:
Crop: Maize
Planted: April 24th, 2017

25. 5. Ag Extension worker visits farm
and takes a picture of plant growth progress with a Facebook messenger bot
Plot #42564
Farmer: Martha Musoga
Mobile:
Crop: Maize
Planted: April 24th, 2017

26. 6. Data feeds into a real-time dashboard
where crop progress can be tracked and ultimately yields recorded.
6. Data feeds into a real-time dashboard where crop progress and ultimately yields can be tracked.
Plot #42446
Plot #42564
Martha Musoga
Crop: Maize
Yield: 10 Bushels (5 per hectare)
Fertilizer: Yes
Planted: April 24th, 2017
Plot #42440
Erick Ngwiri
Crop: Beans (FAILED)
Yield: 0 Bushels (4 per hectare)
Cause: Plant disease
Fertilizer: No
Planted: May 7th, 2017
Plot #42452
Plot #42568
Plot #42572
Frank Okello
Crop: Beans
Yield: 5 Bushels (4 per hectare)
Planted: April 7th, 2017
Ruth Mtutso
Crop: Maize
Yield: 20 Bushels (7 per hectare)
Fertilizer: Yes
Planted: April 27th, 2017

27. And Vaccine Coverage?

28. OpenSRP Mobile Phone
Immunization Application

30. On Schedule
Defaulting
No Activity
Not a House