Our Projects
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Year 2006
Country Botswana Kenya Mali
Client
Knowledge Management System: Indigenous Vegetation for the Rehabilitation of Degraded Rangelands in the Arid Zone of Africa
Information Management PROJECTS
The Management of Indigenous Vegetation for the Rehabilitation of Degraded Rangelands in the Arid Zone of Africa Project addressed one of the greatest environmental problems of the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of Africa – land degradation. The project’s main goal was to develop a web-based information portal for knowledge management (KM). The project combined community-based indigenous knowledge, the findings of scientific research, and past practical experience to rehabilitate degraded ecosystems and conserve biodiversity within an internet-based information system. The system facilitated an exchange of knowledge and experience and fostered the development of conservation models and best practices, which could be transferred elsewhere on the continent. The KM system was the only comprehensive information system available for researchers, policy makers and project implementers to access information on drylands, and collaborate and share information through forums and discussion boards.
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Year 2006
Country Pakistan
Client
Post Earthquake Monitoring and Evaluation System
Information Management PROJECTS
The 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province resulted in a great loss of human life and an estimated USD 409 million loss to farming systems. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) responded to the disaster by providing rehabilitation support to all areas of Pakistan’s impacted agriculture sector. Kimetrica’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) team developed an integrated, web-based M&E tool for managing Pakistan earthquake rehabilitation projects. The web-service included data-collection instruments and data management and reporting functions. Full training and methodology modules allowed for easy adoption and partner participation. The system helped FAO to successfully manage millions of dollars in post earthquake funding, aiding managers to use monitoring data to make program adjustments and ensure funding dollars were not wasted.
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Year 2006
Country Kenya
Client
Emergency Food Security Voucher System
Information Management PROJECTS
In Kenya, lack of access to seeds, rather than a lack of local availability, is often a major constraint to planting. Realizing this, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) developed an innovative voucher system to help families obtain seeds. Rather than purchase commercial seed and distribute it to farm families, vouchers were issued that could be redeemed for commercial seed from stockists or for traditional seed from local grain traders. This was the first time that CRS implemented this type of voucher system, and the first time such a system was used in east Africa. To help support this program, Kimetrica developed a software system for cash and food security voucher management. The software included data collection forms to capture beneficiary and retailer information, as well as reporting forms and project management controls to allow CRS to collect information on relief activities at the community level, and run summary reports at the country level. The voucher system provided both CRS and its beneficiaries with a secure means of managing and obtaining seeds. The approach formed the basis of follow-on voucher programs that evolved into national social safety net mechanisms in Kenya.
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Year 2006-2007
Country USA
Client
The State of Global Microinsurance
Information Management PROJECTS
When this project was undertaken, the benefits of financial services for the poor were universally acknowledged; however, the benefits of microinsurance (insurance for the poor), which had the potential to significantly aid millions of poor people, had received limited attention. To better understand the state of microinsurance products and access, Kimetrica carried out a study to collect information which characterized the state of micro-credit globally. Kimetrica's team developed a web-based data capture, mapping and reporting tool, to help a group of global researchers compile information on the status of microinsurance in over 80 countries. The project raised awareness about microinsurance and promoted its benefits for the poor through data analysis and reporting. The data was then organized in an online reporting tool -- the Global Landscape of Microinsurance -- which formed the bases for microinsurance related funding decisions from both the private and public sectors, worh millions of dollars.
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Year 2006
Country Ethiopia Kenya Tanzania Uganda
Client
East Africa Pastoralist Information System
Information Management PROJECTS
To better understand pastoralist livelihood systems and food security issues in east Africa, Kimetrica’s software engineering team developed a web-based information portal, allowing for the documentation of field data collection, discussions, and data analysis. The application was the first web-based information system ever created to capture critical information related to livelihoods and livelihood strategies among vulnerable pastoral communities. The data and the analysis it provided helped to form Oxfam GB's regional pastoral community intervention strategies.