The equipment would minimise human error in agriculture data collection and analysis, as well as improve overall data quality and credibility. Funded by USAID, the Agriculture Policy Support Project (APSP) assisted SRID to design, develop and implement a Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) data collection system in support of the Ghana Agriculture Production and Market Price Survey. He expressed gratitude to the APSP of the USAID for supporting the SRID of MoFA with the equipment to help enhance agriculture data collection, management and dissemination in Ghana. Mr Karas said the equipment and software would modernise the Ministry’s approach to data collection with cutting edge technology and systems, enabling real-time mobile data collection on 3G Android tablets. He said the software and equipment was just the first step; and that the organisation was taking a holistic approach to ensure quality agriculture data collection in Ghana.

Source: Vibe Ghana September 09, 2016 15:45 UTC